Photo: Djetelina at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Bacliff has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Household incomes here are lower than in 86% of U.S. towns. Employers in Bacliff report 448 jobs, against 4,001 working residents. Jobs and income earn Bacliff C−; getting around on foot earns it B.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Bacliff
Bacliff’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Bacliff is Houston, 31 miles away as the crow flies. 25% of working residents (1,013) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Bacliff is a place people come home to
There are 448 jobs based in Bacliff, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bacliff has about 6,000 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Bacliff
54% of Bacliff residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 30% of the jobs based in Bacliff pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Bacliff pay little
31% of the jobs based in Bacliff pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. 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.
The four measures behind Bacliff’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bacliff is better than 22% of U.S. towns, #500 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car holds Bacliff’s grade up (ahead of 89% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (28.9%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bacliff could be anywhere from C− to C+.
The commute from Bacliff, by distance
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.
Bacliff quiets down on a workday
On a workday 3,894 residents head out to work, 107 work right here, and 341 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,000 people are in Bacliff on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Jobs in Bacliff: what the 448 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bacliff, 2013 → 2023: 383 → 448. 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 Bacliff’s own residents hold wherever they work.
25% of working residents work in Houston
Where Bacliff clocks in
25% of workers
8% of workers
6% 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.
From Bacliff, about 29 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bacliff workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,126 commuters (the 7% 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.
In Bacliff, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bacliff is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns, #231 of 642 in Texas. Both inputs place Bacliff near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,449 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). 4.4% of Bacliff households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bacliff’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,332nd of 2,790: where Bacliff ranks among U.S. towns of 6,700 to 12,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Hickory Creek TX | 6,875 | $149K | 2.6% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Alamo Heights TX | 7,632 | $183K | 2.5% | 2.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Oak Point TX | 6,909 | $126K | 1.5% | 1.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,330 | Menominee MI | 8,175 | $49K | 16.4% | 2.7% | 32% | C− |
| 2,331 | South Apopka FL | 7,300 | $61K | 28.1% | 9.6% | <1% | C− |
| 2,332 | Bacliff TX | 9,541 | $51K | 28.9% | 7.4% | 3% | C− |
| 2,333 | Fairfield AL | 9,483 | $48K | 32.4% | 6.5% | 2% | C− |
| 2,334 | Montevallo AL | 7,872 | $57K | 17.7% | 7.2% | 9% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,790 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Bacliff, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Next door is work for 16% of Bacliff
The biggest share goes to League City (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bacliff workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bacliff | – | C− | B | 29 min | $51,458 |
| Texas City | 5% | C+ | B | 26 min | $68,776 |
| Kemah | 3% | B− | C+ | 26 min | $85,357 |
| League City | 8% | A | B− | 30 min | $121,099 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bacliff’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Bacliff: questions
What is the median household income in Bacliff?
$51,458 (±$13,725) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bacliff?
28.9%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bacliff?
29 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bacliff work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houston (25%, 31 mi), League City (8%, 7 mi), Galveston (6%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bacliff walkable?
Bacliff is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bacliff without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bacliff, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bacliff
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.