Work & commute · Tiki Island

Work & commute in Tiki Island, TX

Most working residents leave Tiki Island for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Galveston (21%), Houston (19%) and Texas City (9%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 393 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

34%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 389 Tiki Island residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 110 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tiki Island.

389live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

110work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tiki Island goes to work

Galveston8.3 mi away

21%82

Houston44.1 mi away

19%76

Texas City8.9 mi away

9%34

League City17.7 mi away

5%18

La Marque6.9 mi away

3%11

Austin183.7 mi away

2%8

Pasadena28.4 mi away

2%7

Baytown32.4 mi away

2%6

Webster20.2 mi away

1%5

Deer Park29.8 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%141

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

How far

How far Tiki Island commutes

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

34%

16%

27%

22%

34%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tiki Island is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tiki Island are

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

Jobs based in Tiki Island

114 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Tiki Island residents hold

393 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+33%

Jobs based in Tiki Island, 2013 → 2023: 86 → 114. 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.