Work & commute · Porter Heights

Work & commute in Porter Heights, TX

Most working residents leave Porter Heights for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (43%), Conroe (5%) and The Woodlands (3%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 1,065 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 1,060 Porter Heights residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Porter Heights.

1,060live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

57work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Porter Heights goes to work

Houston25 mi away

43%458

Conroe15.8 mi away

5%50

The Woodlands11 mi away

3%33

Humble11.4 mi away

2%22

Pasadena35.4 mi away

2%18

Austin145.2 mi away

2%18

Dallas201.7 mi away

1%14

Baytown34 mi away

1%8

Sugar Land42 mi away

1%8

San Antonio197.3 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%429

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

How far

How far Porter Heights commutes

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

16%

35%

36%

14%

16%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Porter Heights is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Porter Heights are

62 jobs are based in Porter Heights. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Porter Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Porter Heights

62 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)66%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Porter Heights residents hold

1,065 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+35%

Jobs based in Porter Heights, 2013 → 2023: 46 → 62. 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.