State Highway 19 Bridge at Trinity River · Photo: Patrick Feller from Humble, Texas, USA · CC BY 2.0Riverside has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Hardly any work in Riverside itself; outside it, Huntsville draws the most (33%, 14 miles). 107 jobs are based in Riverside; 212 of its residents have a job. 0% of workers have no commute at all (Texas 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Riverside stands out on work
Riverside and Huntsville trade workers both ways
Huntsville is the top workplace for Riverside residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Riverside come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
41% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Riverside workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 84 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 212 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where people from Riverside work
Where Riverside clocks in
33% of workers
13% 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.
Miles to work from Riverside
About 41% 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.
The daily trip from Riverside: about 38 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Riverside workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 210 commuters (the 0% 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 daily commute in and out of Riverside
On a workday 211 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 106 people come in from elsewhere.
About 510 people are in Riverside on a workday afternoon, 17% 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.
Jobs in Riverside: what the 107 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Riverside, 2013 → 2023: 66 → 107. 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 Riverside’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 Riverside: questions
What is the poverty rate in Riverside?
15.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Riverside?
38 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Riverside work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Huntsville (33%, 14 mi), Houston (13%, 73 mi), Conroe (4%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Riverside without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 19% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Riverside, from the people who make the trip.
More of Riverside
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.