Chambers County Courthouse · Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0Anahuac at work: jobs, income and the commute
Only 7% work in Anahuac; the top destination outside it is Houston (22%, 43 miles). The two grades for Anahuac are C+ for jobs and income and C for walkability. 4% of workers work from home (Texas 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Anahuac
Anahuac’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Anahuac is Houston, 43 miles away as the crow flies. 22% of working residents (179) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Anahuac than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Anahuac fell from 802 in 2013 to 573 in 2023, −29%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 827 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Anahuac’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Anahuac is better than 37% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Anahuac’s grade up ($77,500, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (17.6%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Anahuac could be anywhere from D to A−.
The distance from Anahuac to work
About 30% 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.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Services make up most of the work in Anahuac
573 jobs are based in Anahuac.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Anahuac, 2013 → 2023: 802 → 573. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Anahuac’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Anahuac
On a workday 765 residents head out to work, 62 work right here, and 511 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Anahuac on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.69 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.
Where people from Anahuac work
Where Anahuac clocks in
22% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The trip to work from Anahuac: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Anahuac workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,054 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Anahuac is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Anahuac is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.0% across Texas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,102 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.5% of Anahuac households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Anahuac’s commuters take a bus or train.
Anahuac is 2,993rd of 5,509 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Rollingwood TX | 1,466 | $240K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| 22 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| 23 | Serenada TX | 1,444 | $155K | 1.5% | 2.6% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,991 | Lurgan Township PA | 2,208 | $88K | 9.8% | 6.5% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,992 | Bells TX | 1,525 | $92K | 11.9% | 7.8% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,993 | Anahuac TX | 2,023 | $78K | 17.6% | 4.5% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,994 | Port Edwards WI | 1,761 | $76K | 12.5% | 3.2% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,995 | Towanda Township KS | 2,574 | $68K | 10.0% | 8.2% | 5% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Anahuac, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Anahuac: questions
What is the median household income in Anahuac?
$77,500 (±$18,360) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Anahuac?
17.6%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Anahuac?
27 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Anahuac work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houston (22%, 43 mi), Baytown (5%, 17 mi), Mont Belvieu (3%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Anahuac walkable?
Anahuac is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Anahuac without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Anahuac, from the people who make the trip.
More of Anahuac
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.