Work & commute · Buna

Work & commute in Buna, TX

Most working residents leave Buna for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Beaumont (16%), Houston (5%) and Evadale (4%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

98 of 760 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

44 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 662 Buna residents head out of town to work, 98 work right here, and 920 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buna.

662live here, work elsewhere

98live and work here

920work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Buna goes to work

Beaumont27.1 mi away

16%123

Buna (in town)right here

13%98

Houston96.7 mi away

5%38

Evadale9.6 mi away

4%31

Lumberton19.6 mi away

3%25

Vidor21.8 mi away

3%20

Jasper33.2 mi away

2%16

Port Arthur37.7 mi away

2%16

Orange25.3 mi away

2%15

Lufkin76 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%364

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

How far

How far Buna commutes

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

19%

16%

33%

31%

19%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Buna is balanced between jobs and homes

1.34jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.34 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Buna are

1,018 jobs are based in Buna. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Buna’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Buna

1,018 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Buna residents hold

760 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+83%

Jobs based in Buna, 2013 → 2023: 555 → 1,018. 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.