Photo: Djmaschek · CC BY-SA 3.0Where Damon earns its living
For 0% of workers, the job is at home (Texas 14%). Hardly any stay in Damon for work; outside it, Houston is the main destination (24%, 41 miles). There are 124 jobs in Damon, and 200 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Damon
Damon’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Damon is Houston, 41 miles away as the crow flies. 24% of working residents (47) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Damon than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Damon fell from 893 in 2013 to 124 in 2023, −86%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Few Damon workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 200 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Damon
About 18% 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.
73% of the jobs in Damon pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Damon, 2013 → 2023: 893 → 124. 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 Damon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Damon
of Damon workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 74 commuters (the 0% 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.
A workday in Damon: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 199 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 123 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Damon on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than live here.
0.62 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.
The towns that employ Damon’s residents
Where Damon clocks in
24% 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 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 Damon: questions
What is the poverty rate in Damon?
64.3%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Damon work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houston (24%, 41 mi), West Columbia (7%, 11 mi), Freeport (7%, 33 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Damon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Damon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Damon
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.