Work & commute · San Leon

Work & commute in San Leon, TX

Most working residents leave San Leon for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (24%), League City (7%) and Texas City (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

211 of 2,451 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,240 San Leon residents head out of town to work, 211 work right here, and 378 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in San Leon.

2,240live here, work elsewhere

211live and work here

378work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where San Leon goes to work

Houston33.7 mi away

24%600

San Leon (in town)right here

9%211

League City10.1 mi away

7%179

Texas City5.5 mi away

6%157

Galveston21.1 mi away

5%131

Pasadena17 mi away

3%71

Webster10.9 mi away

3%66

Dickinson7.4 mi away

2%45

La Porte13.8 mi away

2%45

Deer Park17.4 mi away

2%41

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%905

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

How far

How far San Leon commutes

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

29%

31%

24%

16%

29%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

San Leon is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in San Leon are

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

Jobs based in San Leon

589 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs San Leon residents hold

2,451 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−66%

Jobs based in San Leon, 2013 → 2023: 1,724 → 589. 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.