Work & commute · Humble

Work & commute in Humble, TX

Most working residents leave Humble for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (53%), The Woodlands (2%) and Dallas (1%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

511 of 6,528 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 6,017 Humble residents head out of town to work, 511 work right here, and 22,859 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Humble.

6,017live here, work elsewhere

511live and work here

22,859work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Humble goes to work

Houston15.9 mi away

53%3,456

Humble (in town)right here

8%511

The Woodlands19.4 mi away

2%100

Dallas213.1 mi away

1%76

Austin150.3 mi away

1%70

Pasadena24 mi away

1%67

Conroe27 mi away

1%60

San Antonio199 mi away

1%53

Deer Park22.3 mi away

1%45

Sugar Land34.9 mi away

1%45

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%2,045

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

How far

How far Humble commutes

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

30%

48%

10%

12%

30%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Humble is a job hub

3.58jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Humble are

23,370 jobs are based in Humble. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Humble’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Humble

23,370 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Humble residents hold

6,528 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+17%

Jobs based in Humble, 2013 → 2023: 19,894 → 23,370. 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.