Work & commute · Richmond

Work & commute in Richmond, TX

Most working residents leave Richmond for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (37%), Rosenberg (12%) and Sugar Land (8%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

148 of 4,866 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 4,718 Richmond residents head out of town to work, 148 work right here, and 3,232 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Richmond.

4,718live here, work elsewhere

148live and work here

3,232work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Richmond goes to work

Houston26.4 mi away

37%1,821

Rosenberg4.4 mi away

12%563

Sugar Land7.8 mi away

8%377

Richmond (in town)right here

3%148

Austin129.2 mi away

2%102

Stafford12 mi away

2%88

Missouri City13.5 mi away

1%59

Dallas229.8 mi away

1%54

San Antonio166.4 mi away

1%44

Katy15.3 mi away

1%42

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%1,568

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

How far

How far Richmond commutes

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

28%

36%

21%

14%

28%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Richmond is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Richmond are

3,380 jobs are based in Richmond. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Richmond’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Richmond

3,380 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Richmond residents hold

4,866 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+23%

Jobs based in Richmond, 2013 → 2023: 2,754 → 3,380. 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.