Work & commute · Silsbee

Work & commute in Silsbee, TX

Most working residents leave Silsbee for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Beaumont (20%), Houston (9%) and Lumberton (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

465 of 2,746 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 2,281 Silsbee residents head out of town to work, 465 work right here, and 2,204 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Silsbee.

2,281live here, work elsewhere

465live and work here

2,204work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Silsbee goes to work

Beaumont18.1 mi away

20%544

Silsbee (in town)right here

17%465

Houston82.1 mi away

9%242

Lumberton6.5 mi away

4%110

Port Arthur35.1 mi away

3%82

Evadale7.5 mi away

2%65

Deer Park72.1 mi away

1%32

Pasadena75.3 mi away

1%31

Kountze8.5 mi away

1%29

Vidor18.6 mi away

1%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%1,118

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

How far

How far Silsbee commutes

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

30%

26%

11%

34%

30%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Silsbee 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 Silsbee are

2,669 jobs are based in Silsbee. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Silsbee’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Silsbee

2,669 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Silsbee residents hold

2,746 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−35%

Jobs based in Silsbee, 2013 → 2023: 4,095 → 2,669. 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.