Work & commute · Grapeland

Work & commute in Grapeland, TX

Most working residents leave Grapeland for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Crockett (11%), Houston (7%) and Huntsville (4%). Half commute less than 46 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

85 of 497 working residents

Typical commute

46 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 412 Grapeland residents head out of town to work, 85 work right here, and 846 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grapeland.

412live here, work elsewhere

85live and work here

846work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grapeland goes to work

Grapeland (in town)right here

17%85

Crockett12.3 mi away

11%53

Houston118.1 mi away

7%37

Huntsville55 mi away

4%21

Elkhart11.3 mi away

4%18

Lufkin45.7 mi away

4%18

Palestine20.6 mi away

3%14

Conroe80.5 mi away

2%9

The Woodlands91.3 mi away

2%9

Trinity38.5 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%229

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

How far

How far Grapeland commutes

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

22%

21%

48%

22%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

48%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grapeland is a job hub

1.87jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Grapeland are

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

Jobs based in Grapeland

931 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)59%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Grapeland residents hold

497 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+25%

Jobs based in Grapeland, 2013 → 2023: 743 → 931. 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.