Work & commute · Port Neches

Work & commute in Port Neches, TX

Most working residents leave Port Neches for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Beaumont (19%), Port Arthur (13%) and Houston (9%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

769 of 5,844 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 5,075 Port Neches residents head out of town to work, 769 work right here, and 2,636 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Port Neches.

5,075live here, work elsewhere

769live and work here

2,636work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Port Neches goes to work

Beaumont13.9 mi away

19%1,111

Port Arthur5.8 mi away

13%782

Port Neches (in town)right here

13%769

Houston86.3 mi away

9%497

Nederland2.5 mi away

7%411

Groves2.9 mi away

2%136

Central Gardens4 mi away

2%108

Orange16.7 mi away

1%73

Deer Park71.7 mi away

1%64

Bridge City8.7 mi away

1%53

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%1,840

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

How far

How far Port Neches commutes

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

47%

22%

29%

47%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Port Neches is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Port Neches are

3,405 jobs are based in Port Neches. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Port Neches’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Port Neches

3,405 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Port Neches residents hold

5,844 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−7%

Jobs based in Port Neches, 2013 → 2023: 3,677 → 3,405. 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.