Photo: YSSYguy · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Porter Heights works elsewhere
For 5% of workers, the job is at home; Texas has 14%. Employers in Porter Heights report 62 jobs; 1,065 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Porter Heights for work; outside it, Houston is the main destination (43%, 25 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Porter Heights stands out on work
Porter Heights is a place people come home to
There are 62 jobs based in Porter Heights, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Porter Heights has about 0 people in it, 100% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
43% of Porter Heights works in Houston
458 working residents, 43%, have their main job in Houston, 25 miles away. That’s far more as work in Porter Heights itself. 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.
Who works in Porter Heights, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,060 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Porter Heights on a workday afternoon, 100% 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 places Porter Heights commutes to
Where Porter Heights clocks in
43% of workers
5% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 66% of the jobs in Porter Heights
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Porter Heights, 2013 → 2023: 46 → 62. 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 Porter Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Porter Heights’ commute takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Porter Heights workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 481 commuters (the 5% 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 Porter Heights commutes less than 25 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.
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 Porter Heights: questions
What is the median household income in Porter Heights?
$87,804 (±$36,403) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Porter Heights?
6.6%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Porter Heights?
31 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Porter Heights work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houston (43%, 25 mi), Conroe (5%, 16 mi), The Woodlands (3%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Porter Heights without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Porter Heights, from the people who make the trip.
More of Porter Heights
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.