Work & commute · Van Vleck

Work & commute in Van Vleck, TX

Most working residents leave Van Vleck for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (22%), Bay City (17%) and Matagorda (3%). Half commute less than 53 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30 of 1,016 working residents

Typical commute

53 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 986 Van Vleck residents head out of town to work, 30 work right here, and 288 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Van Vleck.

986live here, work elsewhere

30live and work here

288work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Van Vleck goes to work

Houston60.3 mi away

22%221

Bay City5.5 mi away

17%173

Matagorda23.4 mi away

3%34

Van Vleck (in town)right here

3%30

Pasadena61.9 mi away

3%28

Deer Park65.1 mi away

2%20

Austin142.5 mi away

2%20

Sugar Land42.1 mi away

2%17

Sweeny11.3 mi away

1%13

Lake Jackson26.2 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%447

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

How far

How far Van Vleck commutes

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

22%

14%

55%

22%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

55%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Van Vleck is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Van Vleck are

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

Jobs based in Van Vleck

318 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Van Vleck residents hold

1,016 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+36%

Jobs based in Van Vleck, 2013 → 2023: 233 → 318. 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.