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Work & commute · Eagle Lake

Work & commute in Eagle Lake, TX

Most working residents leave Eagle Lake for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (19%), Columbus (6%) and Sheridan (3%). Half commute less than 38 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
9%
142 of 1,588 working residents
Typical commute
38 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
27 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
3%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,446 Eagle Lake residents head out of town to work, 142 work right here, and 841 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eagle Lake.

1,446live here, work elsewhere
142live and work here
841work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Eagle Lake goes to work

Eagle LakeColumbusEast BernardEl CampoKatyHarlingenVictoriaRosenbergCorpus ChristiAustinSan AntonioHoustonLaredoBrownsvilleSheridanHoustonColumbusSheridanAustinEast BernardEl CampoKatyRosenbergSan AntonioEagle Lake
1
Houston58.1 mi away
19%295
2
Eagle Lake (in town)right here
9%142
3
Columbus15.9 mi away
6%101
4
Sheridan21.4 mi away
3%54
5
Austin98.5 mi away
2%32
6
East Bernard16.5 mi away
2%27
7
El Campo26.9 mi away
2%27
8
Katy32.5 mi away
2%27
9
Rosenberg30.5 mi away
2%27
10
San Antonio132.3 mi away
2%27
Everywhere elseother towns and states
52%829

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

How far

How far Eagle Lake commutes

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

17%Under 10 mi
21%10–24 mi
21%25–50 mi
41%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Eagle Lake 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 Eagle Lake are

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

Jobs based in Eagle Lake

983 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)9%
Trade, transport & utilities14%
Services (health, schools, offices…)77%
$1,250 a month or less10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Eagle Lake residents hold

1,588 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)26%
Trade, transport & utilities25%
Services (health, schools, offices…)49%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month37%
Over $3,333 a month50%
+73%

Jobs based in Eagle Lake, 2013 → 2023: 569 → 983. 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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