Work & commute · Channelview

Work & commute in Channelview, TX

Most working residents leave Channelview for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (46%), Pasadena (5%) and Baytown (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,031 of 16,609 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 15,578 Channelview residents head out of town to work, 1,031 work right here, and 10,932 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Channelview.

15,578live here, work elsewhere

1,031live and work here

10,932work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Channelview goes to work

Houston16.5 mi away

46%7,715

Channelview (in town)right here

6%1,031

Pasadena9.8 mi away

5%821

Baytown9 mi away

3%450

Deer Park7 mi away

2%378

La Porte9.5 mi away

2%251

Austin161.7 mi away

1%185

Dallas229.1 mi away

1%163

Humble16.2 mi away

1%129

San Antonio206.1 mi away

1%125

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%5,361

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

How far

How far Channelview commutes

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

30%

46%

12%

30%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Channelview is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Channelview are

11,963 jobs are based in Channelview. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Channelview’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Channelview

11,963 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Channelview residents hold

16,609 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−5%

Jobs based in Channelview, 2013 → 2023: 12,647 → 11,963. 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.