Work & commute · Hamshire

Work & commute in Hamshire, TX

Most working residents leave Hamshire for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Beaumont (25%), Houston (11%) and Port Arthur (9%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 313 working residents

Typical commute

21 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 304 Hamshire residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 452 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hamshire.

304live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

452work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hamshire goes to work

Beaumont19 mi away

25%77

Houston64.3 mi away

11%34

Port Arthur25.7 mi away

9%27

Winnie4.5 mi away

3%10

Port Neches22.6 mi away

3%9

Hamshire (in town)right here

3%9

Sour Lake20.1 mi away

2%7

Orange38.5 mi away

2%6

Stowell6 mi away

2%5

Baytown39.4 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%125

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

How far

How far Hamshire commutes

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

13%

50%

27%

13%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hamshire is balanced between jobs and homes

1.47jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hamshire are

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

Jobs based in Hamshire

461 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Hamshire residents hold

313 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+62%

Jobs based in Hamshire, 2013 → 2023: 285 → 461. 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.