Most of Grangerland commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Grangerland report 22 jobs; 418 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Grangerland itself; outside it, Houston draws the most (30%, 32 miles). Home is the office for 27% of workers (Texas 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Grangerland, in a few figures
Grangerland is a place people come home to
There are 22 jobs based in Grangerland, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Grangerland has about 520 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
30% of Grangerland works in Houston
126 working residents, 30%, have their main job in Houston, 33 miles away. That’s far more as work in Grangerland itself. The commute map ↓
A lot of Grangerland works from home
27% of Grangerland workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. 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 418 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The workday shuffle in and out of Grangerland
On a workday 418 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.
About 520 people are in Grangerland on a workday afternoon, 43% 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.
The towns that employ Grangerland’s residents
Where Grangerland clocks in
30% of workers
16% 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.
Commuting from Grangerland: about 31 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grangerland workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 370 commuters (the 27% 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 kinds of work in Grangerland
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grangerland, 2013 → 2023: 45 → 22. 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 Grangerland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Grangerland, by distance
About 17% 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 Grangerland: questions
What is the median household income in Grangerland?
$95,675 (±$13,056) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grangerland?
15.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grangerland?
31 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grangerland work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houston (30%, 32 mi), Conroe (16%, 11 mi), The Woodlands (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Grangerland without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Grangerland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grangerland
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.