Work & commute · Groves

Work & commute in Groves, TX

Most working residents leave Groves for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Beaumont (17%), Port Arthur (16%) and Houston (8%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

382 of 6,813 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 6,431 Groves residents head out of town to work, 382 work right here, and 1,972 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Groves.

6,431live here, work elsewhere

382live and work here

1,972work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Groves goes to work

Beaumont16.7 mi away

17%1,141

Port Arthur3.4 mi away

16%1,124

Houston88.9 mi away

8%560

Port Neches2.9 mi away

7%471

Nederland5.3 mi away

6%412

Groves (in town)right here

6%382

Central Gardens6.9 mi away

2%152

Orange15.6 mi away

2%117

Deer Park74 mi away

1%93

Pasadena76.7 mi away

1%79

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%2,282

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

How far

How far Groves commutes

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

43%

24%

30%

43%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Groves is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Groves are

2,354 jobs are based in Groves. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Groves’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Groves

2,354 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Groves residents hold

6,813 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−8%

Jobs based in Groves, 2013 → 2023: 2,557 → 2,354. 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.