Work & commute · League

Work & commute in League, TX

Most working residents leave League for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (32%), Galveston (7%) and Webster (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

6,654 of 54,743 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 48,089 League residents head out of town to work, 6,654 work right here, and 23,158 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in League.

48,089live here, work elsewhere

6,654live and work here

23,158work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where League goes to work

Houston26.5 mi away

32%17,603

League City (in town)right here

12%6,654

Galveston22.7 mi away

7%3,969

Webster3 mi away

4%2,275

Pasadena11.7 mi away

4%2,211

Texas City13.9 mi away

3%1,790

Deer Park13.9 mi away

2%1,089

Pearland13.6 mi away

2%980

Friendswood5.6 mi away

2%887

La Porte12.8 mi away

2%840

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%16,445

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

How far

How far League commutes

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

33%

36%

20%

12%

33%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

League is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in League are

29,812 jobs are based in League. Here is what they are, next to the jobs League’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in League

29,812 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs League residents hold

54,743 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+40%

Jobs based in League, 2013 → 2023: 21,368 → 29,812. 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.