Jobs, income and commuting in Rose City, TX
The trip to work takes 29 minutes on average, where Texas has 27 and the U.S. 26. 3% of workers have no commute at all (Texas 14%). Hardly any work in Rose City; the top destination outside it is Beaumont (23%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Rose City for work, and who comes in
On a workday 167 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 122 people come in from elsewhere.
About 300 people are in Rose City on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.73 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The places Rose City commutes to
Where Rose City clocks in
23% of workers
20% of workers
9% 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 Rose City: what the 122 are
122 jobs are based in Rose City.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rose City, 2014 → 2024: 125 → 122. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rose City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Rose City: about 29 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rose City workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 169 commuters (the 3% 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.
Miles to work from Rose City
About 28% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Rose City and its neighbors: 20% work next door
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Vidor. Darker towns draw more of Rose City’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 2024, 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 Rose City: questions
What is the median household income in Rose City?
$46,094 (±$19,444) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rose City?
14.1%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rose City?
29 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rose City work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Beaumont (23%, 6 mi), Vidor (20%, 4 mi), Houston (9%, 83 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Rose City 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 Rose City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rose City
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.