Work & commute · Bailey's Prairie

Work & commute in Bailey's Prairie, TX

Most working residents leave Bailey's Prairie for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (21%), Lake Jackson (8%) and Clute (7%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 339 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 339 Bailey's Prairie residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bailey's Prairie.

339live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

29work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bailey's Prairie goes to work

Houston44.6 mi away

21%70

Lake Jackson7.3 mi away

8%26

Clute10.4 mi away

7%25

Angleton4.6 mi away

6%20

Freeport16.6 mi away

6%19

West Columbia9 mi away

4%12

Pearland30.1 mi away

4%12

Webster35.2 mi away

2%7

Austin156.9 mi away

2%7

Oyster Creek14.6 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%135

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Bailey's Prairie commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

20%

23%

38%

19%

20%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bailey's Prairie is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.09 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bailey's Prairie are

29 jobs are based in Bailey's Prairie. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bailey's Prairie’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bailey's Prairie

29 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Bailey's Prairie residents hold

339 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−60%

Jobs based in Bailey's Prairie, 2013 → 2023: 72 → 29. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.