Cape Royale has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
The average commute takes 50 minutes each way, next to 27 for Texas and 26 for the U.S. Employers in Cape Royale report 28 jobs, against 233 working residents. Hardly any stay in Cape Royale for work; outside it, Houston is the main destination (18%, 62 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Cape Royale apart
Cape Royale’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Cape Royale is Houston, 62 miles away as the crow flies. 18% of working residents (41) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Cape Royale workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 50 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 383 hours of commuting, 176 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Cape Royale is a place people come home to
There are 28 jobs based in Cape Royale, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Cape Royale has about 370 people in it, 36% 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 233 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Near or far: the trip to work from Cape Royale
About 40% 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.
From Cape Royale, about 50 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 16.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cape Royale workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 208 commuters (the 19% 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.
How a workday changes Cape Royale
On a workday 231 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere.
About 370 people are in Cape Royale on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Where Cape Royale goes to work
Where Cape Royale clocks in
18% of workers
9% 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.
Goods jobs make up 46% of work in Cape Royale
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cape Royale, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 28. 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 Cape Royale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Cape Royale: questions
What is the median household income in Cape Royale?
$74,830 (±$29,025) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cape Royale?
0.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cape Royale?
50 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cape Royale work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houston (18%, 62 mi), Conroe (9%, 31 mi), Coldspring (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cape Royale without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cape Royale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cape Royale
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.