Work & commute · Sealy

Work & commute in Sealy, TX

Most working residents leave Sealy for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (27%), Katy (5%) and Austin (4%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

474 of 3,780 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 3,306 Sealy residents head out of town to work, 474 work right here, and 3,211 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sealy.

3,306live here, work elsewhere

474live and work here

3,211work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sealy goes to work

Houston46.4 mi away

27%1,035

Sealy (in town)right here

13%474

Katy19.4 mi away

5%180

Austin102.1 mi away

4%139

Bellville13.9 mi away

2%79

Sugar Land33.9 mi away

2%65

Brenham30.6 mi away

2%60

Columbus24.1 mi away

1%46

Rosenberg25.3 mi away

1%39

Brookshire12.7 mi away

1%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%1,626

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

How far

How far Sealy commutes

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

17%

18%

39%

26%

17%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

39%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sealy is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sealy are

3,685 jobs are based in Sealy. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sealy’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sealy

3,685 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Sealy residents hold

3,780 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+27%

Jobs based in Sealy, 2013 → 2023: 2,901 → 3,685. 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.