Work & commute · Sweeny

Work & commute in Sweeny, TX

Most working residents leave Sweeny for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (18%), Freeport (6%) and Clute (4%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

147 of 1,387 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,240 Sweeny residents head out of town to work, 147 work right here, and 835 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sweeny.

1,240live here, work elsewhere

147live and work here

835work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sweeny goes to work

Houston54.4 mi away

18%250

Sweeny (in town)right here

11%147

Freeport21.9 mi away

6%79

Clute18.2 mi away

4%60

Lake Jackson14.9 mi away

3%39

West Columbia7.2 mi away

3%37

Angleton18.4 mi away

2%31

Bay City16.4 mi away

2%30

Austin150.7 mi away

2%28

Galveston45.3 mi away

2%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%664

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

How far

How far Sweeny commutes

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

22%

24%

18%

36%

22%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sweeny is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sweeny are

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

Jobs based in Sweeny

982 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Sweeny residents hold

1,387 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+7%

Jobs based in Sweeny, 2013 → 2023: 919 → 982. 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.