Work & commute · Damon

Work & commute in Damon, TX

Most working residents leave Damon for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (24%), West Columbia (7%) and Freeport (7%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 200 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 199 Damon residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 123 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Damon.

199live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

123work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Damon goes to work

Houston40.7 mi away

24%47

West Columbia11.2 mi away

7%13

Freeport33 mi away

7%13

Bay City24.6 mi away

4%8

Sweeny16.6 mi away

3%6

Clute27.3 mi away

3%6

Lake Jackson23.7 mi away

3%6

Sugar Land22.6 mi away

3%5

Angleton20.3 mi away

2%4

Galveston47.2 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%88

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

How far

How far Damon commutes

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

26%

54%

18%

2%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

54%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Damon is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Damon are

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

Jobs based in Damon

124 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities58%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Damon residents hold

200 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−86%

Jobs based in Damon, 2013 → 2023: 893 → 124. 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.