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Work & commute in Woodloch · A commuter town

100% of Woodloch’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Woodloch for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (15%), Conroe (14%) and The Woodlands (14%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 71 working residents
Typical commute
15 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
47 min
More than TX (27 min)
Work from home
23%
More than TX (14%)
Jobs based here
7
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Woodloch?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

15% of working residents work in Houston

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

WoodlochWestover Hills: 1 residents work here (1%)Shenandoah: 1 residents work here (1%)Woodville: 1 residents work here (1%)Livingston: 1 residents work here (1%)Mont Belvieu: 2 residents work here (3%)Austin: 3 residents work here (4%)Dallas: 2 residents work here (3%)Conroe: 10 residents work here (14%)Houston: 11 residents work here (15%)The Woodlands: 10 residents work here (14%)HoustonConroeThe WoodlandsAustinMont BelvieuDallasWoodloch
1
Houston29.8 mi away
15%11
2
Conroe8.8 mi away
14%10
3
The Woodlands6.6 mi away
14%10
4
Austin139.8 mi away
4%3
5
Mont Belvieu41 mi away
3%2
6
Dallas195 mi away
3%2
7
Westover Hills210.6 mi away
1%1
8
Shenandoah3.4 mi away
1%1
9
Woodville70.4 mi away
1%1
10
Livingston44.3 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
41%29
The top trips

Where Woodloch clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

About 47 minutes each way, longer than most of Texas

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
357 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.9 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Woodloch47 min
Texas27 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
23%

of Woodloch workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
Day and night

Woodloch quiets down on a workday

On a workday 71 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.

71live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
7work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night380
Workday320
380live here− 71head out to work+ 7come in to work= 320on a workday

About 320 people are in Woodloch on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.10jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Woodloch commutes less than 15 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miHouston: 15% · 29.8 miConroe: 14% · 8.8 miThe Woodlands: 14% · 6.6 miAustin: 4% · 139.8 miMont Belvieu: 3% · 41 miDallas: 3% · 195 miWestover Hills: 1% · 210.6 miShenandoah: 1% · 3.4 miWoodville: 1% · 70.4 miLivingston: 1% · 44.3 miHouston 15%Conroe 14%The Woodlands 14%Austin 4%Mont Belvieu 3%Woodloch
WoodlochTop destinations (size = commuters)
39%Under 10 mi28 residents
24%10–24 mi17 residents
18%25–50 mi13 residents
18%Over 50 mi13 residents

About 18% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

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

Jobs based in WoodlochJobs Woodloch residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%18%
Trade, transport & utilities0%20%
Services: health, schools, offices100%62%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less29%15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month57%24%
Over $3,333 a month14%61%

Who does it

29 or younger0%18%
30 to 5457%58%
55 and older43%24%

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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