Work & commute · Seabrook

Work & commute in Seabrook, TX

Most working residents leave Seabrook for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (33%), League City (6%) and Pasadena (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

239 of 5,911 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,672 Seabrook residents head out of town to work, 239 work right here, and 2,758 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Seabrook.

5,672live here, work elsewhere

239live and work here

2,758work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Seabrook goes to work

Houston27.2 mi away

33%1,968

League City9.9 mi away

6%372

Pasadena10.4 mi away

6%343

Webster8.5 mi away

4%246

Seabrook (in town)right here

4%239

Baytown12 mi away

3%204

Deer Park10.1 mi away

3%178

La Porte6.1 mi away

3%178

Nassau Bay6.6 mi away

2%111

Kemah4.7 mi away

1%83

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%1,989

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

How far

How far Seabrook commutes

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

36%

32%

19%

12%

36%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Seabrook is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Seabrook are

2,997 jobs are based in Seabrook. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Seabrook’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Seabrook

2,997 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Seabrook residents hold

5,911 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−2%

Jobs based in Seabrook, 2013 → 2023: 3,052 → 2,997. 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.