Work & commute · Point Comfort

Work & commute in Point Comfort, TX

Most working residents leave Point Comfort for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (10%), Port Lavaca (10%) and Victoria (5%). Half commute less than 41 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

26 of 239 working residents

Typical commute

41 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 213 Point Comfort residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 4,013 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Point Comfort.

213live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

4,013work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Point Comfort goes to work

Point Comfort (in town)right here

11%26

Houston104.5 mi away

10%25

Port Lavaca5.6 mi away

10%24

Victoria28.2 mi away

5%12

San Antonio130.9 mi away

4%10

Austin133.7 mi away

3%8

El Campo40.6 mi away

3%7

Corpus Christi73.5 mi away

3%7

Bay City42.2 mi away

2%5

Matagorda35.8 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%110

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

How far

How far Point Comfort commutes

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

31%

12%

49%

31%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

49%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Point Comfort is a job hub

16.90jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Point Comfort are

4,039 jobs are based in Point Comfort. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Point Comfort’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Point Comfort

4,039 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)94%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)3%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month5%

Over $3,333 a month91%

Jobs Point Comfort residents hold

239 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+41%

Jobs based in Point Comfort, 2013 → 2023: 2,868 → 4,039. 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.