Work & commute · Victoria

Work & commute in Victoria, TX

43% of Victoria’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Houston (7%), San Antonio (4%) and Point Comfort (3%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43%

11,736 of 26,997 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 15,261 Victoria residents head out of town to work, 11,736 work right here, and 15,798 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Victoria.

15,261live here, work elsewhere

11,736live and work here

15,798work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Victoria goes to work

Victoria (in town)right here

43%11,736

Houston116.8 mi away

7%1,959

San Antonio102.7 mi away

4%1,005

Point Comfort28.2 mi away

3%726

Austin111.6 mi away

3%688

Corpus Christi75.1 mi away

2%580

Port Lavaca26.1 mi away

1%320

Dallas274.3 mi away

1%251

Cuero26.3 mi away

1%180

Pasadena124.5 mi away

1%165

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%9,387

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

How far

How far Victoria commutes

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

47%

40%

47%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Victoria is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Victoria are

27,534 jobs are based in Victoria. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Victoria’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Victoria

27,534 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Victoria residents hold

26,997 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−7%

Jobs based in Victoria, 2013 → 2023: 29,589 → 27,534. 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.