Photo: WhisperToMe · Public domainUnemployment in Galena Park (15.4%) is among the highest in the country
Household incomes here are lower than in 86% of U.S. towns. For jobs and income Galena Park is better than 23% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns (B+). Home is the office for 6% of workers, where Texas as a whole has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Galena Park in brief
More than half of Galena Park works in Houston
2,190 working residents, 52%, have their main job in Houston, 9.7 miles away. That’s 26 times as many as work in Galena Park itself. The commute map ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
61% of the jobs in Galena Park are in trade, transport and utilities, against 25% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
The jobs in Galena Park pay better than its residents’ jobs
83% of the jobs based in Galena Park pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 56% of the jobs Galena Park residents hold. 97% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Galena Park. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Galena Park
Job access by car holds Galena Park’s grade up (ahead of 98% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Galena Park could be anywhere from C− to C+.
52% of working residents work in Houston
Where Galena Park clocks in
52% of workers
3% 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.
Making and building: 28% of jobs based in Galena Park
3,029 jobs are based in Galena Park.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Galena Park, 2014 → 2024: 3,149 → 3,029. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Galena Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Galena Park on a workday afternoon
On a workday 4,101 residents head out to work, 81 work right here, and 2,948 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,200 people are in Galena Park on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.72 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 2024, primary jobs.
The trip to work from Galena Park: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Galena Park workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,509 commuters (the 6% 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.
Half of Galena Park commutes less than 12 miles
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
For most of Galena Park, work means a drive
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.0% across Texas, on an EPA index of 6.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,718 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 45% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.5% of Galena Park households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Galena Park’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Galena Park is 2,384th among 2,878 U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 9 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Alamo Heights TX | 7,632 | $183K | 2.5% | 2.2% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Lucas TX | 8,896 | $221K | 1.3% | 2.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,382 | Paris TN | 10,468 | $41K | 26.3% | 2.2% | 34% | C− |
| 2,383 | Canteen Township IL | 7,714 | $50K | 27.1% | 7.1% | 5% | C− |
| 2,384 | Galena Park TX | 10,352 | $51K | 20.9% | 15.4% | 2% | C− |
| 2,385 | Dayton TX | 10,226 | $60K | 20.6% | 7.1% | 9% | C− |
| 2,386 | Rockland ME | 7,142 | $57K | 10.4% | 6.6% | 32% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Galena Park, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Work in the towns next to Galena Park
The biggest share goes to Jacinto City (1%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Galena Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galena Park | – | C− | B+ | 28 min | $51,220 |
| Jacinto City | 1% | C− | A− | 28 min | $47,318 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Galena Park’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Galena Park: questions
What is the median household income in Galena Park?
$51,220 (±$11,383) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Galena Park?
20.9%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Galena Park?
28 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Galena Park work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houston (52%, 10 mi), Pasadena (6%, 8 mi), Deer Park (3%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Galena Park walkable?
Galena Park is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Galena Park without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Galena Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Galena Park
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.