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Work & commute in El Campo, TX

About one in 4 of El Campo’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Houston (16%), Wharton (4%) and Victoria (2%). Half commute less than 42 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
26%
1,618 of 6,150 working residents
Typical commute
42 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
22 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
2%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,532 El Campo residents head out of town to work, 1,618 work right here, and 3,672 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in El Campo.

4,532live here, work elsewhere
1,618live and work here
3,672work here, live elsewhere
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The map

Where El Campo goes to work

East BernardEdnaPalaciosWhartonEl CampoBay CitySugar LandVictoriaRosenbergCorpus ChristiAustinSan AntonioHoustonLouiseHoustonWhartonVictoriaAustinBay CityRosenbergSan AntonioEast BernardSugar LandEl Campo
1
El Campo (in town)right here
26%1,618
2
Houston66.8 mi away
16%975
3
Wharton13.1 mi away
4%221
4
Victoria50.2 mi away
2%132
5
Austin116.9 mi away
2%101
6
Bay City24.1 mi away
2%95
7
Rosenberg36.1 mi away
1%86
8
San Antonio136.9 mi away
1%81
9
East Bernard25.7 mi away
1%76
10
Sugar Land47.3 mi away
1%61
Everywhere elseother towns and states
44%2,704

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

How far

How far El Campo commutes

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

34%Under 10 mi
7%10–24 mi
12%25–50 mi
46%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

El Campo is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in El Campo are

5,290 jobs are based in El Campo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs El Campo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in El Campo

5,290 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)15%
Trade, transport & utilities29%
Services (health, schools, offices…)55%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs El Campo residents hold

6,150 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)25%
Trade, transport & utilities26%
Services (health, schools, offices…)49%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month51%
+12%

Jobs based in El Campo, 2013 → 2023: 4,718 → 5,290. 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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