Work & commute · Galena Park

Work & commute in Galena Park, TX

Most working residents leave Galena Park for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (52%), Pasadena (6%) and Deer Park (2%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

109 of 4,214 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 4,105 Galena Park residents head out of town to work, 109 work right here, and 2,780 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Galena Park.

4,105live here, work elsewhere

109live and work here

2,780work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Galena Park goes to work

Houston9.7 mi away

52%2,195

Pasadena8 mi away

6%248

Galena Park (in town)right here

3%109

Deer Park8 mi away

2%81

Baytown16.1 mi away

2%67

La Porte12.4 mi away

2%66

Jacinto City1.5 mi away

1%51

Channelview7.9 mi away

1%51

League City19.2 mi away

1%41

Dallas229.2 mi away

1%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%1,265

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

How far

How far Galena Park commutes

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

43%

39%

11%

43%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Galena Park is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Galena Park are

2,889 jobs are based in Galena Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Galena Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Galena Park

2,889 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities58%

Services (health, schools, offices…)15%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month85%

Jobs Galena Park residents hold

4,214 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−4%

Jobs based in Galena Park, 2013 → 2023: 3,008 → 2,889. 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.