Work & commute · Weston Lakes

Work & commute in Weston Lakes, TX

Most working residents leave Weston Lakes for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (48%), Rosenberg (5%) and Katy (5%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 1,814 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,799 Weston Lakes residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 172 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Weston Lakes.

1,799live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

172work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Weston Lakes goes to work

Houston33.7 mi away

48%864

Rosenberg10 mi away

5%89

Katy10.7 mi away

5%83

Sugar Land18.5 mi away

3%53

Fulshear3.8 mi away

2%43

Austin117.8 mi away

2%34

Dallas222.2 mi away

1%21

San Antonio156.5 mi away

1%21

Pearland37.2 mi away

1%16

Weston Lakes (in town)right here

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%575

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

How far

How far Weston Lakes commutes

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

11%

35%

38%

16%

11%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Weston Lakes is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Weston Lakes are

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

Jobs based in Weston Lakes

187 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)55%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Weston Lakes residents hold

1,814 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+1%

Jobs based in Weston Lakes, 2013 → 2023: 186 → 187. 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.