Rosharon has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Rosharon has 144 jobs, against 357 working residents. The two grades for Rosharon are A for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Home is the office for 5% of workers, against 14% across Texas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Rosharon, in brief
One in three of Rosharon works in Houston
124 working residents, 35%, have their main job in Houston, 30 miles away. That’s 35 times as many as work in Rosharon itself. The commute map ↓
Rosharon workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 69 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 357 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Rosharon: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Rosharon is better than 88% of U.S. towns. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 85% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (7.3%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
Unemployment (40.0%) is left out: Rosharon’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Rosharon could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
35% of working residents work in Houston
Where Rosharon clocks in
35% 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.
The daily trip from Rosharon: about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rosharon workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 467 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.
Rosharon quiets down on a workday
On a workday 355 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 142 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Rosharon on a workday afternoon, 12% 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.
78% of the jobs in Rosharon pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rosharon, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 144. 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 Rosharon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Rosharon
About 23% 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.
Rosharon is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rosharon is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Rosharon near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 492 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Rosharon households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Rosharon’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300, Rosharon ranks 397th of 5,760 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Rollingwood TX | 1,466 | $240K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| 26 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 395 | Liberty Township OH | 2,010 | $121K | 2.7% | 1.2% | 1% | A |
| 396 | Wyocena WI | 1,782 | $98K | 4.1% | 1.4% | 1% | A |
| 397 | Rosharon TX | 1,737 | $103K | 7.3% | 40.0% | 1% | A |
| 398 | St. Regis Park KY | 1,461 | $108K | 8.6% | 3.0% | 0% | A |
| 399 | Washington Township OH | 1,915 | $131K | 4.9% | 4.7% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Rosharon, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Work in the towns next to Rosharon
The biggest share goes to Alvin (2%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Rosharon’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 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 Rosharon: questions
What is the median household income in Rosharon?
$102,678 (±$54,507) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rosharon?
7.3%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rosharon?
36 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rosharon work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houston (35%, 30 mi), Pearland (4%, 16 mi), Sugar Land (3%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rosharon walkable?
Rosharon is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rosharon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rosharon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rosharon
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.