Work & commute · Evadale

Work & commute in Evadale, TX

Most working residents leave Evadale for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Beaumont (22%), Buna (6%) and Houston (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29 of 401 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 372 Evadale residents head out of town to work, 29 work right here, and 864 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Evadale.

372live here, work elsewhere

29live and work here

864work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Evadale goes to work

Beaumont17.8 mi away

22%88

Evadale (in town)right here

7%29

Buna9.6 mi away

6%25

Houston88.3 mi away

6%23

Vidor14.3 mi away

5%22

Orange22.7 mi away

3%13

Silsbee7.5 mi away

3%11

Lumberton10.6 mi away

3%11

Central Gardens23.6 mi away

1%5

Lufkin79.6 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%170

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

How far

How far Evadale commutes

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

20%

43%

29%

20%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Evadale is a job hub

2.23jobs 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 Evadale are

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

Jobs based in Evadale

893 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)96%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)2%

$1,250 a month or less2%

$1,251–$3,333 a month6%

Over $3,333 a month91%

Jobs Evadale residents hold

401 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+2691%

Jobs based in Evadale, 2013 → 2023: 32 → 893. 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.