Photo: The original uploader was DanielCD at English Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 3.0Work means Houston for more than half of Humble’s working residents
For 7% of workers, the job is at home, against 14% across Texas. Humble grades C+ for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Household incomes here are lower than in 78% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Humble stands out on work
Humble fills up on a workday
Humble has 23,370 jobs, 3.6 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 33,000 people are in town, more than double the 16,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
More than half of Humble works in Houston
3,456 working residents, 53%, have their main job in Houston, 16 miles away across the town line. That’s 7 times as many as work in Humble itself. The commute map ↓
Humble workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
The biggest group of Humble’s workers comes from Houston
5,855 of the people who work in Humble live in Houston, 16 miles away, more than from any other town. The commute map ↓
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.
Humble’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Humble is better than 41% of U.S. towns, #340 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car holds Humble’s grade up (ahead of 96% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (18.8%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Humble could be anywhere from C to B.
Who works in Humble, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 6,017 residents head out to work, 511 work right here, and 22,859 people come in from elsewhere.
About 33,000 people are in Humble on a workday afternoon, 102% more than live here.
3.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Who travels to work in Humble, and from where
Where Humble clocks in
53% of workers
2% 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.
The daily trip from Humble: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Humble workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,035 commuters (the 7% 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.
Jobs in Humble: what the 23,370 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Humble, 2013 → 2023: 19,894 → 23,370. 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 Humble’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Humble commutes less than 17 miles
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.
Few in Humble walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Humble is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns, #99 of 642 in Texas. Both inputs place Humble near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 7,541 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 0.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 51% 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). 8.8% of Humble households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Humble’s commuters take a bus or train.
Humble next to U.S. towns of 12,000 to 22,000: 1,337th of 1,888 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Lantana TX | 12,766 | $199K | 0.6% | 2.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Bellaire TX | 17,434 | $244K | 2.4% | 3.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,335 | Shawswick Township IN | 20,901 | $60K | 13.1% | 2.5% | 28% | C+ |
| 1,336 | Muscoy CA | 12,025 | $71K | 26.7% | 5.1% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,337 | Humble TX | 16,484 | $57K | 18.8% | 4.9% | 8% | C+ |
| 1,338 | Union Township OH | 12,780 | $81K | 11.3% | 5.2% | 10% | C+ |
| 1,339 | Lilburn GA | 16,369 | $64K | 22.9% | 5.1% | 4% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,888 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Humble, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Bordering towns draw 53% of Humble’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Houston. Darker towns draw more of Humble’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 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 Humble: questions
What is the median household income in Humble?
$57,011 (±$10,394) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Humble?
18.8%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Humble?
33 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Humble work?
8% work in town.
Is Humble walkable?
Humble is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Humble without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Humble, from the people who make the trip.
More of Humble
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. 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.