Work & commute · Baytown

Work & commute in Baytown, TX

Most working residents leave Baytown for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (27%), Pasadena (5%) and Deer Park (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

6,098 of 33,886 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 27,788 Baytown residents head out of town to work, 6,098 work right here, and 24,920 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Baytown.

27,788live here, work elsewhere

6,098live and work here

24,920work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Baytown goes to work

Houston25.3 mi away

27%9,300

Baytown (in town)right here

18%6,098

Pasadena13.4 mi away

5%1,760

Deer Park10.3 mi away

4%1,244

La Porte8.3 mi away

3%1,096

Mont Belvieu8.1 mi away

2%665

Channelview9 mi away

1%490

League City20.8 mi away

1%489

Austin170.7 mi away

1%462

Dallas234.6 mi away

1%365

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%11,917

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

How far

How far Baytown commutes

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

33%

28%

25%

14%

33%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Baytown is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Baytown are

31,018 jobs are based in Baytown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Baytown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Baytown

31,018 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Baytown residents hold

33,886 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+7%

Jobs based in Baytown, 2013 → 2023: 29,084 → 31,018. 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.