Work & commute · Mission Bend

Work & commute in Mission Bend, TX

Most working residents leave Mission Bend for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (57%), Sugar Land (6%) and Stafford (2%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

77 of 16,806 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 16,729 Mission Bend residents head out of town to work, 77 work right here, and 592 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mission Bend.

16,729live here, work elsewhere

77live and work here

592work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mission Bend goes to work

Houston17.8 mi away

57%9,650

Sugar Land7.1 mi away

6%1,054

Stafford7.7 mi away

2%325

Austin131.7 mi away

2%299

Dallas223.8 mi away

1%227

Missouri City12 mi away

1%177

San Antonio172.5 mi away

1%175

Rosenberg13.8 mi away

1%148

Katy12.5 mi away

1%129

Pearland22.7 mi away

1%109

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%4,513

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

How far

How far Mission Bend commutes

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

35%

42%

14%

35%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mission Bend is a commuter town

0.04jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mission Bend are

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

Jobs based in Mission Bend

669 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Mission Bend residents hold

16,806 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−31%

Jobs based in Mission Bend, 2013 → 2023: 976 → 669. 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.