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Work & commute · Beaumont

Work & commute in Beaumont, TX

45% of Beaumont’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Houston (11%), Port Arthur (5%) and Nederland (2%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
45%
18,806 of 42,155 working residents
Typical commute
10 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
20 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
5%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 23,349 Beaumont residents head out of town to work, 18,806 work right here, and 42,146 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Beaumont.

23,349live here, work elsewhere
18,806live and work here
42,146work here, live elsewhere
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The map

Where Beaumont goes to work

Rose Hill AcresGrovesNederlandBridge CityPort NechesDeer ParkLumbertonVidorOrangePasadenaPort ArthurHoustonBeaumontCentral GardensHoustonPort ArthurNederlandVidorDeer ParkLumbertonOrangeCentral GardensPasadenaBeaumont
1
Beaumont (in town)right here
45%18,806
2
Houston77.3 mi away
11%4,766
3
Port Arthur19.7 mi away
5%2,037
4
Nederland11.7 mi away
2%671
5
Vidor9.7 mi away
1%505
6
Deer Park64.2 mi away
1%367
7
Lumberton12.4 mi away
1%367
8
Orange23.5 mi away
1%367
9
Central Gardens10 mi away
1%357
10
Pasadena67.2 mi away
1%351
Everywhere elseother towns and states
32%13,561

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

How far

How far Beaumont commutes

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

51%Under 10 mi
14%10–24 mi
1%25–50 mi
34%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Beaumont is balanced between jobs and homes

1.45jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.45 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Beaumont are

60,952 jobs are based in Beaumont. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Beaumont’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Beaumont

60,952 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)16%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)65%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%
Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Beaumont residents hold

42,155 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)19%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)61%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month51%
−4%

Jobs based in Beaumont, 2013 → 2023: 63,563 → 60,952. 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.

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