Work & commute · Freeport

Work & commute in Freeport, TX

Most working residents leave Freeport for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (18%), Clute (11%) and Lake Jackson (8%). Half commute less than 41 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

439 of 4,006 working residents

Typical commute

41 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 3,567 Freeport residents head out of town to work, 439 work right here, and 8,521 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Freeport.

3,567live here, work elsewhere

439live and work here

8,521work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Freeport goes to work

Houston58.2 mi away

18%733

Clute6.2 mi away

11%460

Freeport (in town)right here

11%439

Lake Jackson9.4 mi away

8%308

Oyster Creek4.4 mi away

4%160

Pasadena50.7 mi away

3%118

Angleton16.4 mi away

2%82

Galveston28.9 mi away

1%59

Austin171.8 mi away

1%57

Pearland42.4 mi away

1%44

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%1,546

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

How far

How far Freeport commutes

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

40%

15%

40%

40%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Freeport is a job hub

2.24jobs 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 Freeport are

8,960 jobs are based in Freeport. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Freeport’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Freeport

8,960 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)67%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month86%

Jobs Freeport residents hold

4,006 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+1%

Jobs based in Freeport, 2013 → 2023: 8,828 → 8,960. 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.