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Work & commute in Deweyville · A commuter town

99% of Deweyville’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Deweyville for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Orange (14%), Beaumont (12%) and Forest Heights (7%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Work in town
1%
1 of 161 working residents
Typical commute
27 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Work from home
17%
More than TX (14%)
Jobs based here
47
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Deweyville?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

14% of working residents work in Orange

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

St. GabrielLafayetteLake CharlesKirbyvilleWest OrangeCluteNederlandDeer Park: 3 residents work here (2%)Lumberton: 3 residents work here (2%)Vidor: 6 residents work here (4%)Mont BelvieuKatyOrange: 22 residents work here (14%)Austin: 3 residents work here (2%)Port Arthur: 3 residents work here (2%)Houston: 10 residents work here (6%)Beaumont: 20 residents work here (12%)League City: 3 residents work here (2%)Forest Heights: 12 residents work here (7%)DeweyvilleOrangeBeaumontForest HeightsHoustonVidorDeer ParkDeweyville
1
Orange12.2 mi away
14%22
2
Beaumont26.7 mi away
12%20
3
Forest Heights4.5 mi away
7%12
4
Houston103 mi away
6%10
5
Vidor17.6 mi away
4%6
6
Deer Park90.7 mi away
2%3
7
Lumberton26.1 mi away
2%3
8
Austin237.5 mi away
2%3
9
Port Arthur28.6 mi away
2%3
10
League City97.6 mi away
2%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
47%76
The top trips

Where Deweyville clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Day and night

Deweyville quiets down on a workday

On a workday 160 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere.

160live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
46work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night360
Workday240
360live here− 160head out to work+ 46come in to work= 240on a workday

About 240 people are in Deweyville on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.29jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Deweyville commutes less than 27 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miOrange: 14% · 12.2 miBeaumont: 12% · 26.7 miForest Heights: 7% · 4.5 miHouston: 6% · 103 miVidor: 4% · 17.6 miDeer Park: 2% · 90.7 miLumberton: 2% · 26.1 miAustin: 2% · 237.5 miPort Arthur: 2% · 28.6 miLeague City: 2% · 97.6 miOrange 14%Beaumont 12%Forest Heights 7%Vidor 4%Deweyville
DeweyvilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
14%Under 10 mi21 residents
27%10–24 mi41 residents
27%25–50 mi41 residents
32%Over 50 mi49 residents

About 32% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

Deweyville makes things: 40% of its jobs are in goods

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

Jobs based in DeweyvilleJobs Deweyville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms40%31%
Trade, transport & utilities6%19%
Services: health, schools, offices53%50%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less19%12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month13%29%
Over $3,333 a month68%59%

Who does it

29 or younger28%21%
30 to 5453%53%
55 and older19%25%
+1075%

Jobs based in Deweyville, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 47. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Time on the road

Working from home in Deweyville

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

Working from home
17%

of Deweyville workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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