Warren School · Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0Warren has 2.0 jobs for every working resident: 385 people commute in to work
There are 412 jobs in Warren; 210 of its residents have a job. About one in seven work in Warren; the top destination outside it is Beaumont (13%, 40 miles). 24% of workers have no commute at all, where Texas as a whole has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Warren
Warren’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Warren is Beaumont, 40 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (28) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
35% 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 ↓
A lot of Warren works from home
24% of Warren workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. 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 210 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where in the region Warren works
About 35% 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.
Time on the road from Warren: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Warren workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 289 commuters (the 24% 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 Warren
On a workday 183 residents head out to work and 27 work right here.
About 1,000 people are in Warren on a workday afternoon, 24% more 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.
Where Warren’s workforce comes from
Where Warren clocks in
13% of workers
8% of workers
6% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Warren
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Warren, 2013 → 2023: 264 → 412. 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 Warren’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 Warren: questions
What is the poverty rate in Warren?
9.8%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Warren?
31 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Warren work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Beaumont (13%, 40 mi), Woodville (8%, 11 mi), Houston (6%, 81 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Warren without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Warren, from the people who make the trip.
More of Warren
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.