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Jobs & commute in Taylor Landing

Most of Taylor Landing commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident

There are 1 jobs in Taylor Landing, against 110 working residents. Hardly any stay in Taylor Landing for work; outside it, Beaumont is the main destination (23%, 15 miles). Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers, against 14% across Texas.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Taylor Landing quiets down on a workday

On a workday 110 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.

110live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
1work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night290
Workday180
290live here− 110head out to work+ 1come in to work= 180on a workday

About 180 people are in Taylor Landing on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.01jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Where Taylor Landing’s working residents head each day

Taylor LandingPine ForestNederland: 3 residents work here (3%)Galveston: 2 residents work here (2%)Austin: 2 residents work here (2%)Port Arthur: 9 residents work here (8%)Houston: 11 residents work here (10%)Beaumont: 25 residents work here (23%)College Station: 2 residents work here (2%)Central Gardens: 2 residents work here (2%)Hamshire: 4 residents work here (4%)Fannett: 2 residents work here (2%)BeaumontHoustonPort ArthurHamshireNederlandGalvestonTaylor Landing
1
Beaumont15.1 mi away
23%25
2
Houston75.7 mi away
10%11
3
Port Arthur14.3 mi away
8%9
4
Hamshire11.4 mi away
4%4
5
Nederland10.4 mi away
3%3
6
Galveston68.8 mi away
2%2
7
Austin218.8 mi away
2%2
8
College Station138.6 mi away
2%2
9
Central Gardens10.6 mi away
2%2
10
Fannett8 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
44%48
The top trips

Where Taylor Landing clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Taylor Landing

Jobs based in Taylor LandingJobs Taylor Landing residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%30%
Trade, transport & utilities0%21%
Services: health, schools, offices100%49%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month100%20%
Over $3,333 a month0%66%

Who does it

29 or younger0%21%
30 to 54100%49%
55 and older0%30%
−50%

Jobs based in Taylor Landing, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 1. 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 Taylor Landing’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

About 32 minutes each way, longer than most of Texas

A year of commuting
245 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Taylor Landing32 min
Texas27 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
3%

of Taylor Landing workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Taylor Landing gets to work
85%Drive alone
12%Carpool
1%Walk
3%Other

Share of the 130 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.

How far

Near or far: the trip to work from Taylor Landing

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miBeaumont: 23% · 15.1 miHouston: 10% · 75.7 miPort Arthur: 8% · 14.3 miHamshire: 4% · 11.4 miNederland: 3% · 10.4 miGalveston: 2% · 68.8 miAustin: 2% · 218.8 miCollege Station: 2% · 138.6 miCentral Gardens: 2% · 10.6 miFannett: 2% · 8 miBeaumont 23%Houston 10%Port Arthur 8%Hamshire 4%Nederland 3%Taylor Landing
Taylor LandingTop destinations (size = commuters)
9%Under 10 mi10 residents
55%10–24 mi59 residents
4%25–50 mi4 residents
32%Over 50 mi35 residents

About 32% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Taylor Landing: questions

What is the median household income in Taylor Landing?

$134,063 (±$23,871) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Taylor Landing?

4.6%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Taylor Landing?

32 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Taylor Landing work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Beaumont (23%, 15 mi), Houston (10%, 76 mi), Port Arthur (8%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Taylor Landing without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Taylor Landing, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Taylor Landing

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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.