Work & commute · Kountze

Work & commute in Kountze, TX

Most working residents leave Kountze for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Beaumont (23%), Houston (7%) and Silsbee (7%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

64 of 781 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 717 Kountze residents head out of town to work, 64 work right here, and 444 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kountze.

717live here, work elsewhere

64live and work here

444work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kountze goes to work

Beaumont22.3 mi away

23%176

Kountze (in town)right here

8%64

Houston75.9 mi away

7%57

Silsbee8.5 mi away

7%52

Lumberton10.3 mi away

4%35

Port Arthur41.2 mi away

3%21

Evadale16 mi away

2%14

Nederland33.6 mi away

1%11

Dallas220.9 mi away

1%9

Deer Park67.1 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%335

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

How far

How far Kountze commutes

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

19%

32%

17%

32%

19%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kountze is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kountze are

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

Jobs based in Kountze

508 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Kountze residents hold

781 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−30%

Jobs based in Kountze, 2013 → 2023: 729 → 508. 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.