Work & commute · Boling

Work & commute in Boling, TX

Most working residents leave Boling for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (19%), Wharton (8%) and Rosenberg (5%). Half commute less than 38 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 444 working residents

Typical commute

38 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 419 Boling residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 178 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Boling.

419live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

178work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Boling goes to work

Houston49.7 mi away

19%84

Wharton10.5 mi away

8%37

Boling (in town)right here

6%25

Rosenberg21.6 mi away

5%24

Bay City18.7 mi away

3%15

San Antonio156 mi away

2%10

East Bernard20 mi away

2%7

Victoria69.4 mi away

1%6

Sugar Land30.3 mi away

1%5

Pasadena55.2 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%226

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

How far

How far Boling commutes

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

21%

28%

30%

21%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Boling is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Boling are

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

Jobs based in Boling

203 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)82%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)7%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Boling residents hold

444 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+11%

Jobs based in Boling, 2013 → 2023: 183 → 203. 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.