Work & commute · Clute

Work & commute in Clute, TX

Most working residents leave Clute for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (18%), Freeport (9%) and Lake Jackson (8%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

743 of 4,587 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 3,844 Clute residents head out of town to work, 743 work right here, and 7,683 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clute.

3,844live here, work elsewhere

743live and work here

7,683work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clute goes to work

Houston52.5 mi away

18%813

Clute (in town)right here

16%743

Freeport6.2 mi away

9%422

Lake Jackson3.6 mi away

8%386

Oyster Creek4.7 mi away

2%110

Angleton10.3 mi away

2%110

Pasadena45.9 mi away

2%107

Sugar Land41.8 mi away

1%68

Deer Park49 mi away

1%60

Pearland36.9 mi away

1%60

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%1,708

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

How far

How far Clute commutes

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

43%

25%

27%

43%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clute is a job hub

1.84jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Clute are

8,426 jobs are based in Clute. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clute’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Clute

8,426 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Clute residents hold

4,587 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−29%

Jobs based in Clute, 2013 → 2023: 11,892 → 8,426. 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.