Work & commute · Prairie View

Work & commute in Prairie View, TX

Most working residents leave Prairie View for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (26%), Austin (5%) and Dallas (3%). Half commute less than 43 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

93 of 1,685 working residents

Typical commute

43 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 1,592 Prairie View residents head out of town to work, 93 work right here, and 2,693 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Prairie View.

1,592live here, work elsewhere

93live and work here

2,693work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Prairie View goes to work

Houston40.8 mi away

26%445

Prairie View (in town)right here

6%93

Austin107.2 mi away

5%88

Dallas193 mi away

3%53

San Antonio158.7 mi away

3%48

Waller2.8 mi away

2%34

Brenham25.5 mi away

2%27

Irving200.4 mi away

1%25

Hempstead6.1 mi away

1%23

Fort Worth203.3 mi away

1%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%828

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

How far

How far Prairie View commutes

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

12%

36%

43%

12%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

43%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Prairie View is a job hub

1.65jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Prairie View are

2,786 jobs are based in Prairie View. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Prairie View’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Prairie View

2,786 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Prairie View residents hold

1,685 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+2%

Jobs based in Prairie View, 2013 → 2023: 2,741 → 2,786. 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.