Work & commute · Big Thicket Lake Estates

Work & commute in Big Thicket Lake Estates, TX

Most working residents leave Big Thicket Lake Estates for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (15%), Livingston (10%) and Huntsville (4%). Half commute less than 54 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 198 working residents

Typical commute

54 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 197 Big Thicket Lake Estates residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Big Thicket Lake Estates.

197live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

10work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Big Thicket Lake Estates goes to work

Houston61.1 mi away

15%29

Livingston18.4 mi away

10%19

Huntsville49.1 mi away

4%7

Cleveland21.8 mi away

3%6

Austin178.5 mi away

3%6

Beaumont46.4 mi away

3%6

Lufkin57.8 mi away

3%5

Liberty31 mi away

3%5

Pasadena61.9 mi away

3%5

Dallas198 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%106

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

How far

How far Big Thicket Lake Estates commutes

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

21%

20%

57%

2%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

57%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Big Thicket Lake Estates is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Big Thicket Lake Estates are

11 jobs are based in Big Thicket Lake Estates. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Big Thicket Lake Estates’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Big Thicket Lake Estates

11 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities100%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month91%

Jobs Big Thicket Lake Estates residents hold

198 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+175%

Jobs based in Big Thicket Lake Estates, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 11. 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.