Work & commute · Barrett

Work & commute in Barrett, TX

Most working residents leave Barrett for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (37%), Baytown (7%) and Pasadena (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 1,912 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,898 Barrett residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 52 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Barrett.

1,898live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

52work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Barrett goes to work

Houston20.9 mi away

37%702

Baytown8.6 mi away

7%141

Pasadena15.7 mi away

3%66

Deer Park12.6 mi away

3%49

Channelview6.2 mi away

2%44

La Porte13.7 mi away

2%38

Highlands3.6 mi away

1%28

Humble15.3 mi away

1%27

San Antonio210.3 mi away

1%22

Austin164.3 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%775

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

How far

How far Barrett commutes

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

25%

43%

19%

12%

25%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Barrett is a commuter town

0.03jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Barrett are

66 jobs are based in Barrett. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Barrett’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Barrett

66 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month21%

Jobs Barrett residents hold

1,912 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−63%

Jobs based in Barrett, 2013 → 2023: 179 → 66. 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.