Most of Van Vleck commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
For 1% of workers, the job is at home; Texas has 14%. Van Vleck has 318 jobs, and 1,016 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Van Vleck are C− for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Van Vleck at work: what stands out
Van Vleck’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Van Vleck is Houston, 60 miles away as the crow flies. 22% of working residents (221) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
55% 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 ↓
Few Van Vleck workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
Van Vleck’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Van Vleck is better than 21% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Van Vleck’s grade up (10.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 18% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Van Vleck’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, Van Vleck could be anywhere from D− to B.
The commute from Van Vleck, by distance
About 55% 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.
Each way, about 29 minutes from Van Vleck
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Van Vleck workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 628 commuters (the 1% 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 a workday changes Van Vleck
On a workday 986 residents head out to work, 30 work right here, and 288 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Van Vleck on a workday afternoon, 40% 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.
22% of working residents work in Houston
Where Van Vleck clocks in
22% of workers
17% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Van Vleck
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Van Vleck, 2013 → 2023: 233 → 318. 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 Van Vleck’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute in Van Vleck is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Van Vleck is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.0% across Texas, on an EPA index of 4.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 637 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). 2.4% of Van Vleck households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Van Vleck’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Van Vleck is 4,280th among 6,085 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Rollingwood TX | 1,466 | $240K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| 27 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,278 | Davenport WA | 1,818 | $77K | 13.9% | 7.1% | 21% | C− |
| 4,279 | Huron NY | 1,823 | $90K | 24.1% | 4.8% | 20% | C− |
| 4,280 | Van Vleck TX | 1,763 | $59K | 10.6% | 0.0% | 3% | C− |
| 4,281 | Blades DE | 1,372 | $57K | 13.0% | 11.9% | 1% | C− |
| 4,282 | Earlville IL | 1,590 | $64K | 16.5% | 5.8% | 8% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | 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 Van Vleck, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Next door is work for 17% of Van Vleck
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Bay City. Darker towns draw more of Van Vleck’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 Van Vleck: questions
What is the median household income in Van Vleck?
$58,504 (±$22,395) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Van Vleck?
10.6%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Van Vleck?
29 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Van Vleck work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houston (22%, 60 mi), Bay City (17%, 6 mi), Matagorda (3%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Van Vleck walkable?
Van Vleck is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Van Vleck 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 Van Vleck, from the people who make the trip.
More of Van Vleck
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.