Work & commute · Iowa Colony

Work & commute in Iowa Colony, TX

Most working residents leave Iowa Colony for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (45%), Alvin (6%) and Pearland (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 3,786 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,768 Iowa Colony residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 363 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Iowa Colony.

3,768live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

363work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Iowa Colony goes to work

Houston23.9 mi away

45%1,693

Alvin12 mi away

6%230

Pearland10 mi away

5%173

Sugar Land16.4 mi away

4%147

Pasadena22.1 mi away

2%85

Freeport34.6 mi away

2%60

Missouri City10.8 mi away

2%59

Galveston32.7 mi away

1%53

Stafford15.3 mi away

1%47

Austin151.7 mi away

1%46

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%1,193

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

How far

How far Iowa Colony commutes

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

61%

20%

11%

8%Under 10 mi

61%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Iowa Colony is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Iowa Colony are

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

Jobs based in Iowa Colony

381 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Iowa Colony residents hold

3,786 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+66%

Jobs based in Iowa Colony, 2013 → 2023: 229 → 381. 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.