Work & commute · Waller

Work & commute in Waller, TX

Most working residents leave Waller for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (40%), Prairie View (4%) and Austin (2%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

48 of 1,442 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 1,394 Waller residents head out of town to work, 48 work right here, and 2,491 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waller.

1,394live here, work elsewhere

48live and work here

2,491work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waller goes to work

Houston38.1 mi away

40%576

Prairie View2.8 mi away

4%63

Waller (in town)right here

3%48

Austin110 mi away

2%24

Tomball18.7 mi away

2%23

Dallas194.3 mi away

2%22

Katy20.2 mi away

1%21

The Woodlands26.1 mi away

1%21

College Station41.6 mi away

1%20

Hempstead8.9 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%605

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

How far

How far Waller commutes

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

13%

24%

46%

18%

13%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

46%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waller is a job hub

1.76jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Waller are

2,539 jobs are based in Waller. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Waller’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Waller

2,539 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Waller residents hold

1,442 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+124%

Jobs based in Waller, 2013 → 2023: 1,135 → 2,539. 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.