Work & commute · Thompsons

Work & commute in Thompsons, TX

Most working residents leave Thompsons for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (45%), Sugar Land (11%) and Rosenberg (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 95 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 95 Thompsons residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Thompsons.

95live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

26work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Thompsons goes to work

Houston25.6 mi away

45%43

Sugar Land7.8 mi away

11%10

Rosenberg12.1 mi away

7%7

Stafford10.6 mi away

3%3

The Woodlands48.2 mi away

2%2

Spring Valley Village22.6 mi away

1%1

Piney Point Village20.2 mi away

1%1

Richmond10.2 mi away

1%1

Angleton24.8 mi away

1%1

Tomball42.3 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%25

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

How far

How far Thompsons commutes

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

14%

55%

19%

13%

14%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Thompsons is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Thompsons are

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

Jobs based in Thompsons

26 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month4%

Over $3,333 a month92%

Jobs Thompsons residents hold

95 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

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.