Work & commute · Point Blank

Work & commute in Point Blank, TX

Most working residents leave Point Blank for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Huntsville (12%), Houston (12%) and Livingston (5%). Half commute less than 47 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 192 working residents

Typical commute

47 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

48 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 189 Point Blank residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 83 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Point Blank.

189live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

83work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Point Blank goes to work

Huntsville20.5 mi away

12%23

Houston67.3 mi away

12%23

Livingston16.6 mi away

5%9

Conroe33.2 mi away

5%9

Lufkin49 mi away

3%5

Dallas168.2 mi away

3%5

The Woodlands43.5 mi away

2%4

Point Blank (in town)right here

2%3

Austin154.4 mi away

2%3

Coldspring12 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%106

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

How far

How far Point Blank commutes

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

22%

24%

47%

7%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

47%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Point Blank is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Point Blank are

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

Jobs based in Point Blank

86 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Point Blank residents hold

192 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+54%

Jobs based in Point Blank, 2013 → 2023: 56 → 86. 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.