Cove has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
There are 24 jobs in Cove, and 282 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Cove; the top destination outside it is Houston (23%, 35 miles). 8% of workers have no commute at all, where Texas as a whole has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Cove, in a few figures
Cove’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Cove is Houston, 35 miles away as the crow flies. 23% of working residents (66) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Cove is a place people come home to
There are 24 jobs based in Cove, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Cove has about 450 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Cove are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas 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 282 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How far Cove’s workers travel
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.
How many people are in Cove by day
On a workday 282 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere.
About 450 people are in Cove on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
About 18 minutes to work from Cove
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cove workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 137 commuters (the 8% 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.
Where people from Cove work
Where Cove clocks in
23% of workers
13% 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 Cove’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cove, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 24. 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 Cove’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 Cove: questions
What is the median household income in Cove?
$57,292 (±$35,898) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cove?
13.2%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cove?
18 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cove work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houston (23%, 35 mi), Baytown (13%, 10 mi), Mont Belvieu (7%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cove without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cove
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.