Work & commute · Nome

Work & commute in Nome, TX

Most working residents leave Nome for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Beaumont (21%), Houston (11%) and Port Arthur (7%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 179 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 178 Nome residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nome.

178live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

17work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nome goes to work

Beaumont16.9 mi away

21%37

Houston60.4 mi away

11%19

Port Arthur32.8 mi away

7%12

Hamshire13.6 mi away

3%6

Nederland25.4 mi away

3%5

Baytown37.6 mi away

2%4

Winnie15.1 mi away

2%4

Stowell17.7 mi away

2%4

Deer Park47.9 mi away

2%3

Pasadena51 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%82

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

How far

How far Nome commutes

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

45%

23%

30%

2%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nome is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Nome are

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

Jobs based in Nome

18 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month61%

Over $3,333 a month6%

Jobs Nome residents hold

179 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−57%

Jobs based in Nome, 2013 → 2023: 42 → 18. 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.