Work & commute · Tomball

Work & commute in Tomball, TX

Most working residents leave Tomball for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (39%), The Woodlands (4%) and Conroe (2%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

801 of 6,643 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,842 Tomball residents head out of town to work, 801 work right here, and 14,492 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tomball.

5,842live here, work elsewhere

801live and work here

14,492work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tomball goes to work

Houston25.5 mi away

39%2,565

Tomball (in town)right here

12%801

The Woodlands8.5 mi away

4%266

Conroe18 mi away

2%133

Dallas198.3 mi away

2%103

Austin128.2 mi away

1%90

Magnolia10.6 mi away

1%67

San Antonio179.6 mi away

1%64

Sugar Land34.5 mi away

1%50

Humble22.5 mi away

0%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%2,472

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

How far

How far Tomball commutes

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

28%

36%

23%

13%

28%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tomball is a job hub

2.30jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tomball are

15,293 jobs are based in Tomball. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tomball’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tomball

15,293 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Tomball residents hold

6,643 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+32%

Jobs based in Tomball, 2013 → 2023: 11,574 → 15,293. 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.