Work & commute · Stafford

Work & commute in Stafford, TX

Most working residents leave Stafford for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (54%), Sugar Land (9%) and Missouri City (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

460 of 8,225 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,765 Stafford residents head out of town to work, 460 work right here, and 24,544 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stafford.

7,765live here, work elsewhere

460live and work here

24,544work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stafford goes to work

Houston15.5 mi away

54%4,401

Sugar Land4.3 mi away

9%777

Stafford (in town)right here

6%460

Missouri City4.6 mi away

3%216

Austin139 mi away

2%178

Dallas230.2 mi away

2%131

Rosenberg16.3 mi away

1%89

Pearland15.4 mi away

1%87

San Antonio178.1 mi away

1%77

Pasadena25.1 mi away

1%45

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%1,764

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

How far

How far Stafford commutes

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

38%

42%

13%

38%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stafford is a job hub

3.04jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Stafford are

25,004 jobs are based in Stafford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Stafford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Stafford

25,004 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Stafford residents hold

8,225 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+13%

Jobs based in Stafford, 2013 → 2023: 22,164 → 25,004. 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.