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Work & commute in Deer Park, TX

Most working residents leave Deer Park for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (31%), Pasadena (13%) and La Porte (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
14%
2,121 of 15,054 working residents
Typical commute
11 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
24 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
9%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,933 Deer Park residents head out of town to work, 2,121 work right here, and 30,474 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Deer Park.

12,933live here, work elsewhere
2,121live and work here
30,474work here, live elsewhere
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The map

Where Deer Park goes to work

WebsterDeer ParkLa PorteBaytownGalvestonPasadenaAustinHoustonPearlandLeague CityTexas CityChannelviewAtascocitaHoustonPasadenaLa PorteBaytownLeague CityWebsterPearlandAustinGalvestonDeer Park
1
Houston17.6 mi away
31%4,663
2
Deer Park (in town)right here
14%2,121
3
Pasadena3.3 mi away
13%1,901
4
La Porte4.4 mi away
5%709
5
Baytown10.3 mi away
3%391
6
League City13.9 mi away
1%224
7
Webster11 mi away
1%200
8
Pearland15.6 mi away
1%200
9
Austin163.3 mi away
1%157
10
Galveston36.1 mi away
1%133
Everywhere elseother towns and states
29%4,355

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

How far

How far Deer Park commutes

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

47%Under 10 mi
29%10–24 mi
12%25–50 mi
11%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Deer Park is a job hub

2.17jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Deer Park are

32,595 jobs are based in Deer Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Deer Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Deer Park

32,595 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)47%
Trade, transport & utilities14%
Services (health, schools, offices…)39%
$1,250 a month or less10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month19%
Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Deer Park residents hold

15,054 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)23%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)55%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month66%
+47%

Jobs based in Deer Park, 2013 → 2023: 22,179 → 32,595. 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.

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