Work & commute · Brookshire

Work & commute in Brookshire, TX

Most working residents leave Brookshire for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (32%), Katy (11%) and Austin (2%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

150 of 2,167 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 2,017 Brookshire residents head out of town to work, 150 work right here, and 2,187 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brookshire.

2,017live here, work elsewhere

150live and work here

2,187work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brookshire goes to work

Houston33.7 mi away

32%699

Katy6.7 mi away

11%239

Brookshire (in town)right here

7%150

Austin113.6 mi away

2%43

Dallas213.5 mi away

1%32

San Antonio156.1 mi away

1%32

Sugar Land23.2 mi away

1%30

Rosenberg18 mi away

1%28

Sealy12.7 mi away

1%22

Missouri City29.2 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%872

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

How far

How far Brookshire commutes

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

29%

22%

30%

19%

29%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brookshire is balanced between jobs and homes

1.08jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.08 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Brookshire are

2,337 jobs are based in Brookshire. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brookshire’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brookshire

2,337 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Brookshire residents hold

2,167 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+14%

Jobs based in Brookshire, 2013 → 2023: 2,051 → 2,337. 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.