Work & commute · West Orange

Work & commute in West Orange, TX

Most working residents leave West Orange for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Orange (17%), Beaumont (13%) and Houston (10%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

47 of 1,369 working residents

Typical commute

22 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 1,322 West Orange residents head out of town to work, 47 work right here, and 566 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Orange.

1,322live here, work elsewhere

47live and work here

566work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Orange goes to work

Orange3.1 mi away

17%232

Beaumont23 mi away

13%177

Houston99.6 mi away

10%134

Port Arthur14.8 mi away

7%95

West Orange (in town)right here

3%47

Nederland16.3 mi away

2%24

Bridge City5.8 mi away

2%23

Vidor14.3 mi away

2%23

Deer Park85.6 mi away

2%22

Pinehurst2.1 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%572

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

How far

How far West Orange commutes

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

30%

28%

36%

30%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Orange is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Orange are

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

Jobs based in West Orange

613 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities54%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs West Orange residents hold

1,369 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−17%

Jobs based in West Orange, 2013 → 2023: 743 → 613. 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.