With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Bailey's Prairie works elsewhere
Employers in Bailey's Prairie report 29 jobs, and 339 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Bailey's Prairie for work; outside it, Houston is the main destination (21%, 45 miles). Commuters spend 28 minutes getting to work on average; Texas averages 27, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Bailey's Prairie, in brief
Bailey's Prairie’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Bailey's Prairie is Houston, 45 miles away as the crow flies. 21% of working residents (70) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Bailey's Prairie is a place people come home to
There are 29 jobs based in Bailey's Prairie, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bailey's Prairie has about 490 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 339 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Bailey's Prairie’s commute, mile by mile
About 19% 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.
Who leaves Bailey's Prairie for work, and who comes in
On a workday 339 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere.
About 490 people are in Bailey's Prairie on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
The places Bailey's Prairie commutes to
Where Bailey's Prairie clocks in
21% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
In Bailey's Prairie, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bailey's Prairie, 2013 → 2023: 72 → 29. 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 Bailey's Prairie’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Bailey's Prairie: about 28 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bailey's Prairie workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 252 commuters (the 14% 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.
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 Bailey's Prairie: questions
What is the median household income in Bailey's Prairie?
$87,750 (±$43,583) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bailey's Prairie?
12.4%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bailey's Prairie?
28 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bailey's Prairie work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houston (21%, 45 mi), Lake Jackson (8%, 7 mi), Clute (7%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bailey's Prairie without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bailey's Prairie, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bailey's Prairie
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.