Work & commute · Fulshear

Work & commute in Fulshear, TX

Most working residents leave Fulshear for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (51%), Katy (8%) and Sugar Land (3%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

180 of 8,551 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,371 Fulshear residents head out of town to work, 180 work right here, and 1,956 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fulshear.

8,371live here, work elsewhere

180live and work here

1,956work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fulshear goes to work

Houston30.4 mi away

51%4,348

Katy7.1 mi away

8%644

Sugar Land16.8 mi away

3%286

Rosenberg11 mi away

3%242

Fulshear (in town)right here

2%180

Austin119.3 mi away

1%127

Dallas220.2 mi away

1%91

The Woodlands39.9 mi away

1%59

San Antonio159.4 mi away

1%57

Stafford19.8 mi away

1%54

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%2,463

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

How far

How far Fulshear commutes

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

21%

39%

27%

13%

21%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fulshear is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fulshear are

2,136 jobs are based in Fulshear. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fulshear’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fulshear

2,136 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Fulshear residents hold

8,551 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+270%

Jobs based in Fulshear, 2013 → 2023: 577 → 2,136. 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.