Work & commute · Kemah

Work & commute in Kemah, TX

Most working residents leave Kemah for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (30%), League City (9%) and Pasadena (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35 of 958 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 923 Kemah residents head out of town to work, 35 work right here, and 2,371 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kemah.

923live here, work elsewhere

35live and work here

2,371work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kemah goes to work

Houston28.1 mi away

30%283

League City5.8 mi away

9%88

Pasadena11.5 mi away

6%56

Galveston24.1 mi away

5%49

Kemah (in town)right here

4%35

La Porte9.5 mi away

3%30

Webster5.5 mi away

3%28

Texas City10.9 mi away

3%28

Pearland18 mi away

3%27

Deer Park12.4 mi away

2%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%312

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

How far

How far Kemah commutes

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

32%

34%

24%

10%

32%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kemah is a job hub

2.51jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kemah are

2,406 jobs are based in Kemah. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kemah’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kemah

2,406 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Kemah residents hold

958 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+50%

Jobs based in Kemah, 2013 → 2023: 1,604 → 2,406. 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.