Work & commute · Cape Royale

Work & commute in Cape Royale, TX

Most working residents leave Cape Royale for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (18%), Conroe (9%) and Coldspring (6%). Half commute less than 41 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 233 working residents

Typical commute

41 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

50 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 231 Cape Royale residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cape Royale.

231live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

26work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cape Royale goes to work

Houston61.9 mi away

18%41

Conroe30.8 mi away

9%22

Coldspring4.4 mi away

6%13

Huntsville25.4 mi away

5%11

Livingston12.1 mi away

4%10

Cleveland21.9 mi away

4%9

The Woodlands40.2 mi away

3%8

Shepherd13.8 mi away

3%7

Dallas176.4 mi away

2%5

Splendora29.4 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%104

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

How far

How far Cape Royale commutes

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

18%

35%

40%

7%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cape Royale is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cape Royale are

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

Jobs based in Cape Royale

28 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Cape Royale residents hold

233 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+75%

Jobs based in Cape Royale, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 28. 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.