Work & commute · Santa Fe

Work & commute in Santa Fe, TX

Most working residents leave Santa Fe for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (25%), Galveston (11%) and Texas City (8%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

354 of 6,268 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 5,914 Santa Fe residents head out of town to work, 354 work right here, and 2,049 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Santa Fe.

5,914live here, work elsewhere

354live and work here

2,049work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Santa Fe goes to work

Houston32.5 mi away

25%1,543

Galveston16.1 mi away

11%698

Texas City13 mi away

8%493

League City7.1 mi away

6%359

Santa Fe (in town)right here

6%354

Pasadena18.7 mi away

3%181

Alvin7.8 mi away

3%177

Webster10 mi away

3%162

Deer Park21 mi away

2%121

La Marque6.6 mi away

2%115

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%2,065

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

How far

How far Santa Fe commutes

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

23%

40%

25%

12%

23%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Santa Fe is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Santa Fe are

2,403 jobs are based in Santa Fe. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Santa Fe’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Santa Fe

2,403 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Santa Fe residents hold

6,268 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+38%

Jobs based in Santa Fe, 2013 → 2023: 1,747 → 2,403. 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.