Work & commute · Port O'Connor

Work & commute in Port O'Connor, TX

Most working residents leave Port O'Connor for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (10%), Port Lavaca (10%) and Victoria (8%). Half commute less than 46 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 309 working residents

Typical commute

46 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 289 Port O'Connor residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 138 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Port O'Connor.

289live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

138work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Port O'Connor goes to work

Houston111.6 mi away

10%32

Port Lavaca17.3 mi away

10%31

Victoria43.3 mi away

8%26

Port O'Connor (in town)right here

6%20

Point Comfort17.5 mi away

4%11

Seadrift18.2 mi away

3%9

Austin151.1 mi away

3%9

San Antonio145.3 mi away

3%8

Sugar Land92.6 mi away

1%4

Hallettsville75.8 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%156

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

How far

How far Port O'Connor commutes

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

31%

11%

49%

8%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

49%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Port O'Connor is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Port O'Connor are

158 jobs are based in Port O'Connor. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Port O'Connor’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Port O'Connor

158 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities48%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Port O'Connor residents hold

309 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+9%

Jobs based in Port O'Connor, 2013 → 2023: 145 → 158. 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.