Cedar Point has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Home is the office for 10% of workers, against 14% across Texas. There are 108 jobs in Cedar Point for 282 working residents. Hardly any stay in Cedar Point for work; outside it, Houston is the main destination (13%, 73 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Cedar Point: the figures worth knowing
Cedar Point’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Cedar Point is Houston, 73 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (38) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
52% 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; with 282 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where in the region Cedar Point works
About 52% 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 works in Cedar Point, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 281 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 107 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Cedar Point on a workday afternoon, 53% 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.
Out of Cedar Point to work: where people go
Where Cedar Point clocks in
13% of workers
11% of workers
4% 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.
What Cedar Point’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cedar Point, 2013 → 2023: 28 → 108. 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 Cedar Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Cedar Point
of Cedar Point workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 64 commuters (the 10% 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 Cedar Point: questions
What is the poverty rate in Cedar Point?
2.4%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Cedar Point work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houston (13%, 73 mi), Livingston (11%, 10 mi), Conroe (4%, 41 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cedar Point 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 Cedar Point, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cedar Point
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.