Work & commute · Oak Ridge North

Work & commute in Oak Ridge North, TX

Most working residents leave Oak Ridge North for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (32%), Conroe (12%) and The Woodlands (9%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23 of 1,382 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,359 Oak Ridge North residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 3,085 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oak Ridge North.

1,359live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

3,085work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oak Ridge North goes to work

Houston25.8 mi away

32%448

Conroe12.1 mi away

12%172

The Woodlands4.2 mi away

9%127

Shenandoah2.1 mi away

2%32

Austin138.4 mi away

2%25

Oak Ridge North (in town)right here

2%23

Dallas198.2 mi away

2%23

Tomball11.5 mi away

1%20

Humble15.8 mi away

1%14

San Antonio190.9 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%487

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

How far

How far Oak Ridge North commutes

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

25%

36%

23%

16%

25%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oak Ridge North is a job hub

2.25jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Oak Ridge North are

3,108 jobs are based in Oak Ridge North. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oak Ridge North’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Oak Ridge North

3,108 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Oak Ridge North residents hold

1,382 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+65%

Jobs based in Oak Ridge North, 2013 → 2023: 1,883 → 3,108. 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.