Work & commute · China

Work & commute in China, TX

Most working residents leave China for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Beaumont (34%), Houston (10%) and Port Arthur (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 440 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 436 China residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in China.

436live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

28work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where China goes to work

Beaumont11.6 mi away

34%148

Houston65.7 mi away

10%42

Port Arthur28.4 mi away

6%26

Sour Lake7.3 mi away

3%14

Orange35.1 mi away

1%6

Nederland20.7 mi away

1%5

Baytown42.7 mi away

1%5

China (in town)right here

1%4

Deer Park53 mi away

1%4

Lumberton16.1 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%182

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

How far

How far China commutes

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

14%

46%

30%

14%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

China is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in China are

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

Jobs based in China

32 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less47%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month19%

Jobs China residents hold

440 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+78%

Jobs based in China, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 32. 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.