Work & commute · Wallis

Work & commute in Wallis, TX

Most working residents leave Wallis for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (22%), Rosenberg (5%) and Sealy (5%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43 of 698 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 655 Wallis residents head out of town to work, 43 work right here, and 244 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wallis.

655live here, work elsewhere

43live and work here

244work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wallis goes to work

Houston41.9 mi away

22%152

Wallis (in town)right here

6%43

Rosenberg15.6 mi away

5%36

Sealy10.9 mi away

5%35

Katy17.3 mi away

4%25

Austin111.2 mi away

4%25

Bellville24.7 mi away

2%15

Sugar Land26.1 mi away

2%15

Wharton21.8 mi away

2%13

San Antonio148.4 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%327

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

How far

How far Wallis commutes

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

10%

29%

32%

30%

10%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wallis is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wallis are

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

Jobs based in Wallis

287 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Wallis residents hold

698 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+72%

Jobs based in Wallis, 2013 → 2023: 167 → 287. 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.