Work & commute · Sugar Land

Work & commute in Sugar Land, TX

Most working residents leave Sugar Land for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (52%), Stafford (2%) and Austin (2%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

7,392 of 49,872 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 42,480 Sugar Land residents head out of town to work, 7,392 work right here, and 70,229 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sugar Land.

42,480live here, work elsewhere

7,392live and work here

70,229work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sugar Land goes to work

Houston19.6 mi away

52%26,019

Sugar Land (in town)right here

15%7,392

Stafford4.3 mi away

2%1,059

Austin136.1 mi away

2%998

Rosenberg12 mi away

2%841

Dallas230.9 mi away

1%686

Missouri City6.1 mi away

1%654

San Antonio174.2 mi away

1%463

Pearland18.7 mi away

1%397

The Woodlands40.5 mi away

1%277

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%11,086

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

How far

How far Sugar Land commutes

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

29%

48%

14%

29%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sugar Land is a job hub

1.56jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sugar Land are

77,621 jobs are based in Sugar Land. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sugar Land’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sugar Land

77,621 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Sugar Land residents hold

49,872 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+29%

Jobs based in Sugar Land, 2013 → 2023: 60,223 → 77,621. 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.