Work & commute · Conroe

Work & commute in Conroe, TX

About one in 4 of Conroe’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Houston (27%), The Woodlands (7%) and Austin (2%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

9,519 of 41,700 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 32,181 Conroe residents head out of town to work, 9,519 work right here, and 47,297 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Conroe.

32,181live here, work elsewhere

9,519live and work here

47,297work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Conroe goes to work

Houston38 mi away

27%11,270

Conroe (in town)right here

23%9,519

The Woodlands10.9 mi away

7%2,917

Austin135.4 mi away

2%728

Huntsville26 mi away

2%682

Dallas186.3 mi away

1%573

Willis7.3 mi away

1%550

Shenandoah10.1 mi away

1%485

San Antonio191.7 mi away

1%379

Sugar Land51.4 mi away

1%339

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%14,258

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

How far

How far Conroe commutes

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

32%

20%

30%

18%

32%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Conroe is balanced between jobs and homes

1.36jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.36 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Conroe are

56,816 jobs are based in Conroe. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Conroe’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Conroe

56,816 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Conroe residents hold

41,700 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+43%

Jobs based in Conroe, 2013 → 2023: 39,867 → 56,816. 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.