Beach City has higher household incomes than 95% of U.S. towns
3% of workers work from home; Texas has 14%. 1.5% of residents live below the poverty line, against 13.8% across Texas. The two grades for Beach City are A+ for jobs and income and D− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Beach City in brief
Beach City is a place people come home to
There are 167 jobs based in Beach City, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Beach City has about 1,800 people in it, 47% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Beach City’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Beach City is Houston, 33 miles away as the crow flies. 24% of working residents (421) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Few Beach City workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Beach City workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Three in four Beach City workers earn over $40,000 a year
76% of Beach City’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data. 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.
Why Beach City gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Beach City is better than 96% of U.S. towns, #42 of 642 in Texas. The poverty rate is its strongest input; unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Beach City could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Beach City by day and by night
On a workday 1,789 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 166 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Beach City on a workday afternoon, 47% fewer than live here.
0.09 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Beach City
About 16% 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.
About 32 minutes each way for Beach City’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Beach City workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,895 commuters (the 3% 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.
The 167 jobs based in Beach City
167 jobs are based in Beach City.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Beach City, 2013 → 2023: 48 → 167. 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 Beach City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
24% of working residents work in Houston
Where Beach City clocks in
24% of workers
12% 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 Beach City, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Beach City is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns, #627 of 642 in Texas. Both inputs place Beach City 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 1,961 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). 4.5% of Beach City households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Beach City’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Beach City is 179th among 4,402 U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Talty TX | 3,299 | $155K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 177 | Johnson AR | 3,684 | $96K | 2.2% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| 178 | Aspinwall PA | 2,809 | $107K | 3.3% | 2.7% | 4% | A+ |
| 179 | Beach City TX | 3,438 | $149K | 1.5% | 3.2% | <1% | A+ |
| 180 | Priceville AL | 3,952 | $117K | 2.2% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| 181 | Frontenac MO | 3,790 | $233K | 2.0% | 4.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,402 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Beach City, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
The towns next door employ 12% of Beach City
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Beach City workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beach City | – | A+ | D− | 32 min | $148,574 |
| Baytown | 12% | C | B− | 25 min | $59,910 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Baytown. Darker towns draw more of Beach City’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 Beach City: questions
What is the median household income in Beach City?
$148,574 (±$32,792) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Beach City?
1.5%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Beach City?
32 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Beach City work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houston (24%, 33 mi), Baytown (12%, 8 mi), Mont Belvieu (8%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Beach City walkable?
Beach City is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Beach City 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 Beach City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Beach City
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.