Work & commute · Cleveland

Work & commute in Cleveland, TX

Most working residents leave Cleveland for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (27%), Conroe (4%) and Austin (2%). Half commute less than 40 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

511 of 3,570 working residents

Typical commute

40 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,059 Cleveland residents head out of town to work, 511 work right here, and 5,232 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cleveland.

3,059live here, work elsewhere

511live and work here

5,232work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cleveland goes to work

Houston42.1 mi away

27%967

Cleveland (in town)right here

14%511

Conroe23.5 mi away

4%146

Austin158.9 mi away

2%79

Beaumont59.1 mi away

2%59

The Woodlands27.5 mi away

2%56

Huntsville37.3 mi away

1%53

Pasadena47.3 mi away

1%43

Dallas196.2 mi away

1%41

Humble26.3 mi away

1%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%1,576

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

How far

How far Cleveland commutes

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

19%

12%

39%

30%

19%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

39%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cleveland is a job hub

1.61jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Cleveland are

5,743 jobs are based in Cleveland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cleveland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cleveland

5,743 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Cleveland residents hold

3,570 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+45%

Jobs based in Cleveland, 2013 → 2023: 3,964 → 5,743. 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.