A job hub: Evadale has 2.2 jobs per working resident, and 864 people come in to work
Only 7% stay in Evadale for work; outside it, Beaumont is the main destination (22%, 18 miles). There are 893 jobs in Evadale, and 401 of its residents work somewhere. Commuters spend 32 minutes getting to work on average, where Texas has 27 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Evadale: the gist
Evadale makes and builds things
96% of the jobs based in Evadale are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Evadale residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 33%. The jobs ↓
Evadale is where the jobs are
Evadale has 893 jobs, 2.2 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,400 people are in town, 52% more than the 950 who live here. Day and night ↓
The jobs in Evadale pay better than its residents’ jobs
91% of the jobs based in Evadale pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 58% of the jobs Evadale residents hold. 97% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Evadale. The jobs ↓
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 401 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Goods, not services: 96% of the jobs in Evadale
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Evadale, 2013 → 2023: 32 → 893. 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 Evadale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Evadale by day
On a workday 372 residents head out to work and 29 work right here.
About 1,400 people are in Evadale on a workday afternoon, 52% more 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 Evadale’s workforce comes from
Where Evadale clocks in
22% 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.
About 32 minutes to work from Evadale
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Evadale workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 383 commuters (the 11% 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 far Evadale’s workers travel
About 29% 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.
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 Evadale: questions
What is the median household income in Evadale?
$53,750 (±$26,940) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Evadale?
20.4%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Evadale?
32 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Evadale work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Beaumont (22%, 18 mi), Buna (6%, 10 mi), Houston (6%, 88 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Evadale without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Evadale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Evadale
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.