Photo: Adavyd · CC BY-SA 4.0Making a living in Coldspring
For 2% of workers, the job is at home, next to 14% for Texas as a whole. Only 4% work in Coldspring itself; outside it, Houston draws the most (14%, 58 miles). Working residents average 36 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Coldspring
Coldspring’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Coldspring is Houston, 58 miles away as the crow flies. 14% 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
42% 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 ↓
Coldspring workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 281 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Coldspring’s commute, mile by mile
About 42% 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.
Time on the road from Coldspring: about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Coldspring workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 387 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 daily flow of workers through Coldspring
On a workday 269 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 436 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Coldspring on a workday afternoon, 19% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
The daily trip into Coldspring
Where Coldspring clocks in
14% of workers
5% 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.
Jobs in Coldspring: what the 448 are
448 jobs are based in Coldspring.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Coldspring, 2013 → 2023: 186 → 448. 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 Coldspring’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 Coldspring: questions
What is the median household income in Coldspring?
$43,851 (±$10,216) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Coldspring?
27.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Coldspring?
36 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Coldspring work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houston (14%, 58 mi), Conroe (5%, 28 mi), Livingston (4%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Coldspring without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Coldspring, from the people who make the trip.
More of Coldspring
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.