Work & commute · Coldspring

Work & commute in Coldspring, TX

Most working residents leave Coldspring for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (14%), Conroe (5%) and Livingston (4%). Half commute less than 44 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 281 working residents

Typical commute

44 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 269 Coldspring residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 436 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Coldspring.

269live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

436work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Coldspring goes to work

Houston57.6 mi away

14%38

Conroe27.7 mi away

5%15

Coldspring (in town)right here

4%12

Livingston14.2 mi away

4%11

Huntsville26.3 mi away

4%10

Lufkin56 mi away

3%9

The Woodlands36.6 mi away

3%9

Shepherd10.4 mi away

3%8

Cleveland17.5 mi away

3%8

Dallas180.1 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%155

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

How far

How far Coldspring commutes

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

16%

35%

42%

8%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Coldspring is a job hub

1.59jobs 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 Coldspring are

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

Jobs based in Coldspring

448 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Coldspring residents hold

281 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+141%

Jobs based in Coldspring, 2013 → 2023: 186 → 448. 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.