Most of Big Thicket Lake Estates commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
2% of workers have no commute at all, where Texas as a whole has 14%. Employers in Big Thicket Lake Estates report 12 jobs, against 149 working residents. Hardly any work in Big Thicket Lake Estates; the top destination outside it is Houston (21%, 61 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Big Thicket Lake Estates for work, and who comes in
On a workday 149 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 460 people are in Big Thicket Lake Estates on a workday afternoon, 23% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Big Thicket Lake Estates’ residents
Where Big Thicket Lake Estates clocks in
21% of workers
7% 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.
75% of the jobs in Big Thicket Lake Estates pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Big Thicket Lake Estates’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Big Thicket Lake Estates
of Big Thicket Lake Estates workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 219 commuters (the 2% 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 distance from Big Thicket Lake Estates to work
About 54% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Big Thicket Lake Estates: questions
What is the poverty rate in Big Thicket Lake Estates?
35.1%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Big Thicket Lake Estates work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houston (21%, 61 mi), Livingston (7%, 18 mi), Cleveland (6%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Big Thicket Lake Estates 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 Big Thicket Lake Estates, from the people who make the trip.
More of Big Thicket Lake Estates
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.