Work & commute · Pasadena

Work & commute in Pasadena, TX

Most working residents leave Pasadena for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (40%), Deer Park (5%) and La Porte (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

9,637 of 57,400 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 47,763 Pasadena residents head out of town to work, 9,637 work right here, and 55,198 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pasadena.

47,763live here, work elsewhere

9,637live and work here

55,198work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pasadena goes to work

Houston16.9 mi away

40%22,763

Pasadena (in town)right here

17%9,637

Deer Park3.3 mi away

5%2,873

La Porte6.2 mi away

3%1,561

League City11.7 mi away

2%1,022

Baytown13.4 mi away

2%981

Pearland12.4 mi away

2%875

Webster8.7 mi away

1%777

Austin162 mi away

1%594

Dallas236.9 mi away

1%557

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%15,760

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

How far

How far Pasadena commutes

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

43%

36%

11%

10%

43%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pasadena is balanced between jobs and homes

1.13jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pasadena are

64,835 jobs are based in Pasadena. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pasadena’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pasadena

64,835 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Pasadena residents hold

57,400 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+13%

Jobs based in Pasadena, 2013 → 2023: 57,288 → 64,835. 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.