Work & commute · Bolivar Peninsula

Work & commute in Bolivar Peninsula, TX

Most working residents leave Bolivar Peninsula for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (27%), Galveston (7%) and Pasadena (3%). Half commute less than 50 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

86 of 622 working residents

Typical commute

50 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

53 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 536 Bolivar Peninsula residents head out of town to work, 86 work right here, and 518 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bolivar Peninsula.

536live here, work elsewhere

86live and work here

518work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bolivar Peninsula goes to work

Houston53.3 mi away

27%169

Bolivar Peninsula (in town)right here

14%86

Galveston31.7 mi away

7%43

Pasadena36.8 mi away

3%20

Dallas262.7 mi away

3%17

Austin198.8 mi away

2%15

San Antonio237.9 mi away

1%9

Pearland45.5 mi away

1%9

League City32.4 mi away

1%8

Santa Fe32.8 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%240

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

How far

How far Bolivar Peninsula commutes

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

11%

12%

27%

50%

11%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

50%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bolivar Peninsula is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bolivar Peninsula are

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

Jobs based in Bolivar Peninsula

604 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Bolivar Peninsula residents hold

622 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+58%

Jobs based in Bolivar Peninsula, 2013 → 2023: 383 → 604. 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.