Work & commute · Brazoria

Work & commute in Brazoria, TX

Most working residents leave Brazoria for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (18%), Freeport (7%) and Lake Jackson (6%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39 of 1,047 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 1,008 Brazoria residents head out of town to work, 39 work right here, and 552 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brazoria.

1,008live here, work elsewhere

39live and work here

552work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brazoria goes to work

Houston52.3 mi away

18%190

Freeport14.4 mi away

7%70

Lake Jackson6.8 mi away

6%67

Clute10.1 mi away

6%63

Angleton12 mi away

4%47

Brazoria (in town)right here

4%39

West Columbia8.5 mi away

4%37

Oyster Creek14.7 mi away

3%28

Pasadena48.9 mi away

2%21

Sweeny8.1 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%467

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

How far

How far Brazoria commutes

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

22%

23%

21%

33%

22%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brazoria is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brazoria are

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

Jobs based in Brazoria

591 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Brazoria residents hold

1,047 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+9%

Jobs based in Brazoria, 2013 → 2023: 541 → 591. 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.