Work & commute · Katy

Work & commute in Katy, TX

Most working residents leave Katy for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (49%), Sugar Land (2%) and Austin (2%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

1,336 of 10,195 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 8,859 Katy residents head out of town to work, 1,336 work right here, and 26,866 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Katy.

8,859live here, work elsewhere

1,336live and work here

26,866work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Katy goes to work

Houston27.1 mi away

49%4,948

Katy (in town)right here

13%1,336

Sugar Land18.5 mi away

2%233

Austin119.7 mi away

2%189

Dallas214.5 mi away

1%130

San Antonio162.8 mi away

1%83

The Woodlands33 mi away

1%81

Rosenberg16.9 mi away

1%77

Stafford20.1 mi away

0%50

Conroe42.8 mi away

0%47

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%3,021

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

How far

How far Katy commutes

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

28%

37%

21%

14%

28%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Katy is a job hub

2.77jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Katy are

28,202 jobs are based in Katy. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Katy’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Katy

28,202 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Katy residents hold

10,195 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+259%

Jobs based in Katy, 2013 → 2023: 7,851 → 28,202. 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.