Work & commute · Fifth Street

Work & commute in Fifth Street, TX

Most working residents leave Fifth Street for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (46%), Sugar Land (10%) and Stafford (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 817 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 817 Fifth Street residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 154 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fifth Street.

817live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

154work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fifth Street goes to work

Houston16.2 mi away

46%377

Sugar Land4.8 mi away

10%83

Stafford2 mi away

5%42

Missouri City2.6 mi away

4%33

Pearland14 mi away

2%14

Dallas232.2 mi away

1%11

Austin140.5 mi away

1%9

Richmond12.6 mi away

1%8

Katy21.9 mi away

1%8

San Antonio179 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%225

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

How far

How far Fifth Street commutes

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

35%

41%

15%

35%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fifth Street is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fifth Street are

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

Jobs based in Fifth Street

154 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)81%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)18%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Fifth Street residents hold

817 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+24%

Jobs based in Fifth Street, 2013 → 2023: 124 → 154. 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.