Photo: Djmaschek · CC BY-SA 4.0Liverpool has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working from home is the commute for 2% of workers; Texas has 14%. 32 jobs are based in Liverpool; 216 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Liverpool for work; outside it, Houston is the main destination (30%, 34 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Liverpool: the gist
Liverpool is a place people come home to
There are 32 jobs based in Liverpool, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Liverpool has about 370 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
30% of Liverpool works in Houston
65 working residents, 30%, have their main job in Houston, 34 miles away. That’s far more as work in Liverpool itself. The commute map ↓
Liverpool workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 54 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 216 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How a workday changes Liverpool
On a workday 216 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere.
About 370 people are in Liverpool on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Where the trip to work from Liverpool ends
Where Liverpool clocks in
30% 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.
Getting to work from Liverpool takes about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Liverpool workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 205 commuters (the 2% 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.
What Liverpool’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Liverpool, 2013 → 2023: 271 → 32. 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 Liverpool’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Liverpool
About 16% 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 Liverpool: questions
What is the median household income in Liverpool?
$58,750 (±$23,134) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Liverpool?
8.2%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Liverpool?
34 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Liverpool work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houston (30%, 34 mi), Alvin (11%, 9 mi), League City (4%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Liverpool without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Liverpool, from the people who make the trip.
More of Liverpool
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.