Work & commute · Seadrift

Work & commute in Seadrift, TX

Most working residents leave Seadrift for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Port Lavaca (12%), Victoria (12%) and Houston (8%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 347 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 330 Seadrift residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 97 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Seadrift.

330live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

97work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Seadrift goes to work

Port Lavaca15.1 mi away

12%41

Victoria33 mi away

12%40

Houston124.2 mi away

8%29

Seadrift (in town)right here

5%17

Port O'Connor18.2 mi away

5%16

Point Comfort20.1 mi away

4%15

Corpus Christi53.4 mi away

4%13

Austin144.5 mi away

3%11

San Antonio131.2 mi away

3%9

Farmers Branch312.1 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%153

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

How far

How far Seadrift commutes

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

13%

23%

18%

46%

13%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

46%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Seadrift is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Seadrift are

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

Jobs based in Seadrift

114 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Seadrift residents hold

347 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+61%

Jobs based in Seadrift, 2013 → 2023: 71 → 114. 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.