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Work & commute · La Marque

Work & commute in La Marque, TX

Most working residents leave La Marque for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Galveston (21%), Houston (20%) and Texas City (10%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
318 of 8,109 working residents
Typical commute
16 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
28 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
7%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,791 La Marque residents head out of town to work, 318 work right here, and 3,099 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Marque.

7,791live here, work elsewhere
318live and work here
3,099work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where La Marque goes to work

Bayou VistaWebsterDickinsonDeer ParkLa MarqueSanta FeGalvestonPasadenaAustinHoustonPearlandHitchcockLeague CityTexas CityGalvestonHoustonTexas CityLeague CityWebsterPasadenaDeer ParkDickinsonAustinLa Marque
1
Galveston12.8 mi away
21%1,690
2
Houston37.3 mi away
20%1,608
3
Texas City7.3 mi away
10%791
4
League City10.8 mi away
5%391
5
La Marque (in town)right here
4%318
6
Webster13.4 mi away
3%220
7
Pasadena21.9 mi away
3%209
8
Deer Park23.4 mi away
2%139
9
Dickinson6.8 mi away
2%125
10
Austin177.4 mi away
1%116
Everywhere elseother towns and states
31%2,502

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

How far

How far La Marque commutes

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

22%Under 10 mi
40%10–24 mi
23%25–50 mi
15%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

La Marque is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in La Marque are

3,417 jobs are based in La Marque. Here is what they are, next to the jobs La Marque’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in La Marque

3,417 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)13%
Trade, transport & utilities37%
Services (health, schools, offices…)50%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month37%
Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs La Marque residents hold

8,109 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)14%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)67%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%
Over $3,333 a month57%
−2%

Jobs based in La Marque, 2013 → 2023: 3,498 → 3,417. 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.

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