Work & commute · Dickinson

Work & commute in Dickinson, TX

Most working residents leave Dickinson for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (27%), League City (9%) and Galveston (8%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

560 of 9,894 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,334 Dickinson residents head out of town to work, 560 work right here, and 3,822 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dickinson.

9,334live here, work elsewhere

560live and work here

3,822work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dickinson goes to work

Houston30.5 mi away

27%2,658

League City4.1 mi away

9%876

Galveston19.1 mi away

8%832

Dickinson (in town)right here

6%560

Texas City10.2 mi away

6%554

Webster6.6 mi away

4%373

Pasadena15.2 mi away

3%307

Deer Park17 mi away

2%154

Alvin10.3 mi away

2%149

Pearland17.6 mi away

1%140

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%3,291

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

How far

How far Dickinson commutes

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

33%

30%

24%

13%

33%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dickinson is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dickinson are

4,382 jobs are based in Dickinson. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dickinson’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dickinson

4,382 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Dickinson residents hold

9,894 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+52%

Jobs based in Dickinson, 2013 → 2023: 2,878 → 4,382. 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.