Work & commute · Oak Island

Work & commute in Oak Island, TX

Most working residents leave Oak Island for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (14%), Baytown (5%) and Anahuac (5%). Half commute less than 41 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 150 working residents

Typical commute

41 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 144 Oak Island residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oak Island.

144live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

53work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oak Island goes to work

Houston42.9 mi away

14%21

Baytown18.2 mi away

5%8

Anahuac7.1 mi away

5%7

Mont Belvieu17.1 mi away

5%7

Austin188.7 mi away

4%6

Oak Island (in town)right here

4%6

La Porte21.7 mi away

3%5

Port Arthur50.3 mi away

3%4

Liberty26.7 mi away

2%3

Pasadena27.8 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%80

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

How far

How far Oak Island commutes

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

15%

23%

25%

37%

15%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oak Island is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oak Island are

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

Jobs based in Oak Island

59 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities93%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Oak Island residents hold

150 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+23%

Jobs based in Oak Island, 2013 → 2023: 48 → 59. 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.