Work & commute · Richards

Work & commute in Richards, TX

Most working residents leave Richards for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (21%), Huntsville (7%) and Bryan (7%). Half commute less than 45 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 81 working residents

Typical commute

45 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 81 Richards residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Richards.

81live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

6work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Richards goes to work

Houston58.6 mi away

21%17

Huntsville21 mi away

7%6

Bryan32.9 mi away

7%6

College Station26.8 mi away

6%5

Bedias18 mi away

2%2

Rosenberg68.3 mi away

2%2

Jurupa Valley, CA1283 mi away

1%1

Plantersville13.9 mi away

1%1

Shenandoah33.7 mi away

1%1

Westworth Village179.5 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%39

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

How far

How far Richards commutes

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

20%

40%

1%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

40%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Richards is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Richards are

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

Jobs based in Richards

6 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities100%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month67%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Richards residents hold

81 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−57%

Jobs based in Richards, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 6. 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.