Work & commute · Manvel

Work & commute in Manvel, TX

Most working residents leave Manvel for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (49%), Alvin (6%) and Pearland (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

48 of 5,254 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,206 Manvel residents head out of town to work, 48 work right here, and 1,801 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Manvel.

5,206live here, work elsewhere

48live and work here

1,801work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Manvel goes to work

Houston20.6 mi away

49%2,569

Alvin9.5 mi away

6%306

Pearland5.3 mi away

6%290

Sugar Land17.6 mi away

3%163

Pasadena17.3 mi away

3%133

League City15.4 mi away

1%68

Galveston31.8 mi away

1%64

Austin153.7 mi away

1%57

Deer Park20.5 mi away

1%56

La Porte22.7 mi away

1%49

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%1,499

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

How far

How far Manvel commutes

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

14%

62%

15%

10%

14%Under 10 mi

62%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Manvel is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Manvel are

1,849 jobs are based in Manvel. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Manvel’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Manvel

1,849 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Manvel residents hold

5,254 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+46%

Jobs based in Manvel, 2013 → 2023: 1,269 → 1,849. 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.