Kenefick has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any stay in Kenefick for work; outside it, Houston is the main destination (23%, 39 miles). There are 18 jobs in Kenefick; 294 of its residents have a job. Commuters spend 39 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
Work in Kenefick, in a few figures
Kenefick’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Kenefick is Houston, 39 miles away as the crow flies. 23% of working residents (67) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Kenefick is a place people come home to
There are 18 jobs based in Kenefick, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Kenefick has about 580 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Kenefick workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 39 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 299 hours of commuting, 92 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 294 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Kenefick
About 21% 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.
How many people are in Kenefick by day
On a workday 294 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere.
About 580 people are in Kenefick on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Kenefick’s commute takes about 39 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kenefick workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 293 commuters (the 10% 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.
Where the trip to work from Kenefick ends
Where Kenefick clocks in
23% of workers
11% 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.
Jobs in Kenefick: what the 18 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kenefick, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 18. 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 Kenefick’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Kenefick: questions
What is the median household income in Kenefick?
$73,750 (±$31,668) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kenefick?
20.3%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kenefick?
39 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kenefick work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houston (23%, 39 mi), Dayton (11%, 8 mi), Liberty (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Kenefick without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kenefick, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kenefick
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.