Work & commute · Mont Belvieu

Work & commute in Mont Belvieu, TX

Most working residents leave Mont Belvieu for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (24%), Baytown (13%) and Deer Park (3%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

451 of 4,397 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,946 Mont Belvieu residents head out of town to work, 451 work right here, and 5,055 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mont Belvieu.

3,946live here, work elsewhere

451live and work here

5,055work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mont Belvieu goes to work

Houston31.1 mi away

24%1,038

Baytown8.1 mi away

13%568

Mont Belvieu (in town)right here

10%451

Deer Park18.2 mi away

3%136

Pasadena21.4 mi away

3%132

Beaumont46.6 mi away

2%92

La Porte16.4 mi away

2%87

Austin174.9 mi away

1%65

Channelview14.9 mi away

1%53

The Woodlands44.1 mi away

1%49

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%1,726

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

How far

How far Mont Belvieu commutes

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

23%

27%

35%

15%

23%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mont Belvieu is balanced between jobs and homes

1.25jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.25 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mont Belvieu are

5,506 jobs are based in Mont Belvieu. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mont Belvieu’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mont Belvieu

5,506 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Mont Belvieu residents hold

4,397 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+114%

Jobs based in Mont Belvieu, 2013 → 2023: 2,570 → 5,506. 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.