Brazoria Bridge · Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer people are out of work in Brazoria (0.8%) than in 96% of U.S. towns
Only 4% stay in Brazoria for work; outside it, Houston is the main destination (18%, 52 miles). Brazoria grades B for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. 2% of workers work from home; Texas has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Brazoria apart
Brazoria’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Brazoria is Houston, 52 miles away as the crow flies. 18% of working residents (190) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Few Brazoria workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Brazoria
64% of Brazoria residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 44% of the jobs based in Brazoria pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% 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 ↓
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.
Income, poverty and work: Brazoria’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Brazoria is better than 64% of U.S. towns, #231 of 642 in Texas. Unemployment holds Brazoria’s grade up; the poverty rate pulls it down (11.8%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Brazoria could be anywhere from C to A.
How far Brazoria goes to work
About 33% 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.
Each way, about 26 minutes from Brazoria
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brazoria workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,419 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.
What Brazoria’s employers do
591 jobs are based in Brazoria.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brazoria, 2013 → 2023: 541 → 591. 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 Brazoria’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Brazoria
On a workday 1,008 residents head out to work, 39 work right here, and 552 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Brazoria on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.56 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 Brazoria work
Where Brazoria clocks in
18% 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.
For most of Brazoria, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Brazoria is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns, #142 of 642 in Texas. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.0% across Texas, on an EPA index of 7.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,446 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). 13.9% of Brazoria households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Brazoria’s commuters take a bus or train.
Brazoria places 1,586th of 4,882 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,900
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Talty TX | 3,299 | $155K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,584 | Kirtland AFB NM | 3,413 | $85K | 12.9% | 6.9% | 13% | B |
| 1,585 | North Wildwood NJ | 3,518 | $91K | 4.7% | 4.3% | 13% | B |
| 1,586 | Brazoria TX | 2,882 | $80K | 11.8% | 0.8% | 4% | B |
| 1,587 | Arcola TX | 2,499 | $75K | 13.0% | 11.2% | <1% | B |
| 1,588 | Franklin Township PA | 2,602 | $78K | 4.0% | 4.8% | 3% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,882 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Brazoria, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Brazoria and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brazoria workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazoria | – | B | B+ | 26 min | $79,635 |
| Wild Peach Village | under 2% | C | D− | 32 min | $67,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brazoria’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 Brazoria: questions
What is the median household income in Brazoria?
$79,635 (±$34,148) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brazoria?
11.8%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brazoria?
26 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brazoria work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houston (18%, 52 mi), Freeport (7%, 14 mi), Lake Jackson (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Brazoria walkable?
Brazoria is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brazoria without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brazoria, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brazoria
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.