Work & commute · Huntsville

Work & commute in Huntsville, TX

About one in 3 of Huntsville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Houston (12%), Conroe (5%) and Dallas (2%). Half commute less than 38 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

4,392 of 13,682 working residents

Typical commute

38 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 9,290 Huntsville residents head out of town to work, 4,392 work right here, and 19,607 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Huntsville.

9,290live here, work elsewhere

4,392live and work here

19,607work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Huntsville goes to work

Huntsville (in town)right here

32%4,392

Houston64 mi away

12%1,650

Conroe26 mi away

5%688

Dallas161.2 mi away

2%303

The Woodlands36.6 mi away

2%252

Austin133.8 mi away

1%199

Willis18.9 mi away

1%165

New Waverly11.9 mi away

1%132

Fort Worth178.3 mi away

1%117

Bryan49.2 mi away

1%104

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%5,680

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

How far

How far Huntsville commutes

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

34%

16%

42%

34%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Huntsville is a job hub

1.75jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Huntsville are

23,999 jobs are based in Huntsville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Huntsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Huntsville

23,999 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Huntsville residents hold

13,682 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+14%

Jobs based in Huntsville, 2013 → 2023: 21,072 → 23,999. 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.