Work & commute · Vidor

Work & commute in Vidor, TX

Most working residents leave Vidor for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Beaumont (25%), Houston (8%) and Port Arthur (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

697 of 4,128 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 3,431 Vidor residents head out of town to work, 697 work right here, and 3,780 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vidor.

3,431live here, work elsewhere

697live and work here

3,780work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vidor goes to work

Beaumont9.7 mi away

25%1,040

Vidor (in town)right here

17%697

Houston86.9 mi away

8%315

Port Arthur16.8 mi away

5%211

Orange14.2 mi away

3%138

Central Gardens9.9 mi away

1%58

Lumberton15.6 mi away

1%56

Nederland11 mi away

1%55

Pasadena76.8 mi away

1%47

Silsbee18.6 mi away

1%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%1,472

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

How far

How far Vidor commutes

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

42%

27%

29%

42%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vidor is balanced between jobs and homes

1.08jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.08 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Vidor are

4,477 jobs are based in Vidor. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Vidor’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Vidor

4,477 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Vidor residents hold

4,128 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+12%

Jobs based in Vidor, 2013 → 2023: 4,012 → 4,477. 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.