Work and Jobs in Colony, Texas (TX) Detailed Stats
Occupations, Industries, Unemployment, Workers, Commute
The most common industries in Colony are: Professional, scientific, technical services (9.5% of civilian employees), Finance & insurance (6.8% of civilian employees), Construction (6.4% of civilian employees). 81.0% of workers are employees of private companies, which is 14.1% greater than the rate of 69.6% across the entire state of Texas.
Most common industries
Most common industries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Industry | All | Males | Females |
| Professional, scientific, and technical services | 9.5% (1,599) | 11.1% (1,033) | 7.5% (566) |
| Finance and insurance | 6.8% (1,150) | 4.7% (438) | 9.4% (712) |
| Construction | 6.4% (1,076) | 9.1% (848) | 3.0% (228) |
| Educational services | 5.7% (961) | 2.3% (214) | 9.8% (747) |
| Administrative and support and waste management services | 5.3% (899) | 4.5% (419) | 6.3% (480) |
| Health care | 4.9% (821) | 2.2% (206) | 8.1% (615) |
| Accommodation and food services | 4.0% (677) | 3.9% (362) | 4.2% (315) |
| Broadcasting and telecommunications | 4.0% (672) | 5.1% (469) | 2.7% (203) |
| Computer and electronic products | 3.9% (664) | 5.4% (501) | 2.1% (163) |
| Department and other general merchandise stores | 3.3% (554) | 2.2% (202) | 4.6% (352) |
| Food and beverage stores | 2.5% (429) | 2.8% (260) | 2.2% (169) |
| Public administration | 2.5% (417) | 2.8% (259) | 2.1% (158) |
| Real estate and rental and leasing | 2.2% (370) | 1.4% (133) | 3.1% (237) |
| Radio, TV, and computer stores | 1.9% (313) | 2.3% (210) | 1.4% (103) |
| Social assistance | 1.7% (294) | 0.1% (11) | 3.7% (283) |
| Repair and maintenance | 1.6% (271) | 2.8% (261) | 0.1% (10) |
| Arts, entertainment, and recreation | 1.5% (254) | 1.7% (156) | 1.3% (98) |
| Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries | 1.4% (240) | 1.6% (148) | 1.2% (92) |
| Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 1.4% (237) | 2.0% (185) | 0.7% (52) |
| Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers | 1.4% (235) | 1.9% (175) | 0.8% (60) |
| Air transportation | 1.2% (207) | 1.5% (142) | 0.9% (65) |
| Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations | 1.2% (203) | 1.0% (89) | 1.5% (114) |
| Truck transportation | 1.1% (191) | 1.5% (135) | 0.7% (56) |
| Metal and metal products | 1.1% (189) | 1.5% (137) | 0.7% (52) |
| Machinery | 1.1% (189) | 1.7% (155) | 0.4% (34) |
| Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers | 1.1% (184) | 0.9% (86) | 1.3% (98) |
| Transportation equipment | 1.0% (174) | 1.5% (138) | 0.5% (36) |
| Data processing, libraries, and other information services | 1.0% (173) | 1.0% (91) | 1.1% (82) |
| Personal and laundry services | 0.9% (159) | 0.6% (53) | 1.4% (106) |
| Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.9% (153) | 1.3% (119) | 0.4% (34) |
| Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.9% (151) | 0.9% (85) | 0.9% (66) |
| Miscellaneous manufacturing | 0.9% (148) | 0.9% (83) | 0.9% (65) |
| Other direct selling establishments | 0.9% (147) | 1.0% (95) | 0.7% (52) |
| Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 0.9% (145) | 1.1% (101) | 0.6% (44) |
| Printing and related support activities | 0.8% (139) | 1.0% (97) | 0.6% (42) |
| Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores | 0.8% (130) | 0.5% (45) | 1.1% (85) |
| Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores | 0.7% (119) | 0.3% (31) | 1.2% (88) |
| Pharmacies and drug stores | 0.7% (114) | 0.5% (42) | 0.9% (72) |
| Electrical and electronic goods merchant wholesalers | 0.7% (110) | 0.9% (79) | 0.4% (31) |
| Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores | 0.6% (94) | 0.2% (19) | 1.0% (75) |
| Food | 0.5% (92) | 0.7% (69) | 0.3% (23) |
| Motor vehicles, parts and supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.5% (80) | 0.8% (74) | 0.1% (6) |
| Chemicals | 0.5% (80) | 0.6% (52) | 0.4% (28) |
| Paper | 0.5% (76) | 0.6% (54) | 0.3% (22) |
| Electronic shopping and mail-order houses | 0.4% (74) | 0.4% (41) | 0.4% (33) |
| Warehousing and storage | 0.4% (73) | 0.4% (35) | 0.5% (38) |
| U. S. Postal service | 0.4% (70) | 0.3% (31) | 0.5% (39) |
| Health and personal care, except drug, stores | 0.4% (66) | 0.4% (35) | 0.4% (31) |
| Nonmetallic mineral products | 0.4% (64) | 0.4% (37) | 0.4% (27) |
| Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers | 0.4% (60) | 0.3% (26) | 0.4% (34) |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 0.3% (58) | 0.5% (49) | 0.1% (9) |
| Utilities | 0.3% (57) | 0.5% (50) | 0.1% (7) |
| Sporting goods, camera, and hobby and toy stores | 0.3% (53) | 0.6% (53) | 0.0% (0) |
| Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers | 0.3% (50) | 0.4% (33) | 0.2% (17) |
| Office supplies and stationery stores | 0.3% (48) | 0.3% (30) | 0.2% (18) |
| Private households | 0.3% (47) | 0.0% (2) | 0.6% (45) |
| Furniture and related product manufacturing | 0.2% (42) | 0.2% (19) | 0.3% (23) |
| Paper and paper products merchant wholesalers | 0.2% (42) | 0.2% (23) | 0.3% (19) |
| Hardware, plumbing and heating equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.2% (37) | 0.3% (27) | 0.1% (10) |
| Electrical equipment, appliances, and components | 0.2% (36) | 0.4% (36) | 0.0% (0) |
| Beverage and tobacco products | 0.2% (36) | 0.3% (25) | 0.1% (11) |
| Vending machine operators | 0.2% (36) | 0.2% (15) | 0.3% (21) |
| Wood products | 0.2% (35) | 0.2% (20) | 0.2% (15) |
| Management of companies and enterprises | 0.2% (27) | 0.1% (7) | 0.3% (20) |
| Jewelry, luggage, and leather goods stores | 0.2% (26) | 0.1% (9) | 0.2% (17) |
| Furniture and home furnishing merchant wholesalers | 0.1% (25) | 0.3% (25) | 0.0% (0) |
| Retail florists | 0.1% (23) | 0.0% (0) | 0.3% (23) |
| Plastics and rubber products | 0.1% (23) | 0.1% (12) | 0.1% (11) |
| Apparel | 0.1% (20) | 0.2% (18) | 0.0% (2) |
| Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 0.1% (17) | 0.2% (16) | 0.0% (1) |
Unemployment in Colony
- Unemployment by race in 2000
- Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
- 1.7%Males
- 2.7%Females
- Unemployment rate for Black residents
- 7.1%Males
- 7.7%Females
- Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
- 10.9%Females
- Unemployment rate for Asian residents
- 5.5%Females
- Unemployment rate for other race residents
- 0.6%Males
- 9.3%Females
- Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
- 19.4%Males
- 0.7%Females
- Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
- 5.1%Males
- 6.9%Females
Time leaving home to go to work
<5am:
| Colony: | 2.3% (379) |
| Texas: | 3.1% (281,361) |
5:30am:
| Colony: | 3.1% (523) |
| Texas: | 2.9% (262,060) |
6am:
| Colony: | 4.3% (708) |
| Texas: | 4.4% (403,423) |
6:30am:
| Colony: | 11.5% (1,908) |
| Texas: | 8.8% (808,876) |
7am:
| Colony: | 12.5% (2,077) |
| Texas: | 10.7% (976,557) |
7:30am:
| Colony: | 16.0% (2,668) |
| Texas: | 16.4% (1,500,904) |
8am:
| Colony: | 15.0% (2,492) |
| Texas: | 16.8% (1,536,308) |
8:30am:
| Colony: | 10.7% (1,773) |
| Texas: | 10.0% (913,601) |
9am:
| Colony: | 4.2% (706) |
| Texas: | 4.4% (398,656) |
10am:
| Colony: | 4.9% (819) |
| Texas: | 5.2% (472,592) |
11am:
| Colony: | 1.6% (265) |
| Texas: | 2.2% (197,844) |
12pm:
| Colony: | 0.4% (72) |
| Texas: | 0.9% (86,997) |
4pm:
| Colony: | 4.6% (762) |
| Texas: | 5.5% (503,565) |
>4pm:
| Colony: | 5.4% (906) |
| Texas: | 6.1% (563,107) |
Travel time to work
Less than 5 minutes:
| Colony: | 1.4% (241) |
| Texas: | 3.0% (277,642) |
5 to 9 minutes:
| Colony: | 5.9% (985) |
| Texas: | 10.3% (942,891) |
10 to 14 minutes:
| Colony: | 6.3% (1,043) |
| Texas: | 14.4% (1,317,555) |
15 to 19 minutes:
| Colony: | 8.5% (1,420) |
| Texas: | 16.0% (1,467,945) |
20 to 24 minutes:
| Colony: | 11.9% (1,982) |
| Texas: | 13.9% (1,276,781) |
25 to 29 minutes:
| Colony: | 6.3% (1,044) |
| Texas: | 5.3% (482,838) |
30 to 34 minutes:
| Colony: | 21.1% (3,505) |
| Texas: | 14.3% (1,309,699) |
35 to 39 minutes:
| Colony: | 5.1% (843) |
| Texas: | 2.4% (219,873) |
40 to 44 minutes:
| Colony: | 6.6% (1,105) |
| Texas: | 3.1% (280,916) |
45 to 59 minutes:
| Colony: | 15.0% (2,490) |
| Texas: | 7.6% (692,006) |
60 to 89 minutes:
| Colony: | 6.1% (1,007) |
| Texas: | 4.6% (418,905) |
90 or more minutes:
| Colony: | 2.4% (393) |
| Texas: | 2.4% (218,800) |
Means of transportation to work
Drove car alone:
| Colony: | 85.5% (14,218) |
| Texas: | 77.7% (7,115,590) |
Carpooled:
| Colony: | 9.7% (1,614) |
| Texas: | 14.5% (1,326,012) |
Bus or trolley bus:
| Colony: | 0.2% (33) |
| Texas: | 1.7% (157,014) |
Taxicab:
| Colony: | 0.1% (9) |
| Texas: | 0.1% (6,102) |
Walked:
| Colony: | 0.3% (42) |
| Texas: | 1.9% (173,670) |
Other means:
| Colony: | 0.9% (142) |
| Texas: | 0.9% (86,692) |
Private vehicle occupancy
Drove alone:
| Colony: | 89.8% (14,218) |
| Texas: | 84.3% (7,115,590) |
In 2 person carpool:
| Colony: | 7.9% (1,251) |
| Texas: | 11.6% (982,994) |
In 3 person carpool:
| Colony: | 1.9% (303) |
| Texas: | 2.4% (201,602) |
In 4 person carpool:
| Colony: | 0.2% (39) |
| Texas: | 1.0% (83,518) |
In 5-6 person carpool:
| Colony: | 0.1% (13) |
| Texas: | 0.5% (40,662) |
In 7+ person carpool:
| Colony: | 0.1% (8) |
| Texas: | 0.2% (17,236) |
Class of workers
Employee of private company:
| Colony: | 81.0% (13,653) |
| Texas: | 69.6% (6,425,274) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business:
| Colony: | 2.8% (475) |
| Texas: | 2.7% (250,864) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers:
| Colony: | 3.6% (607) |
| Texas: | 5.7% (526,631) |
Local government workers:
| Colony: | 4.6% (779) |
| Texas: | 6.6% (608,479) |
State government workers:
| Colony: | 1.7% (282) |
| Texas: | 5.4% (501,082) |
Federal government workers:
| Colony: | 1.2% (207) |
| Texas: | 2.6% (237,177) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business:
| Colony: | 5.0% (842) |
| Texas: | 7.1% (653,527) |
Unpaid family workers:
| Colony: | 0.1% (16) |
| Texas: | 0.3% (31,338) |
Employee of private company - Males:
| Colony: | 82.7% (7,670) |
| Texas: | 72.7% (3,684,731) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business - Males:
| Colony: | 4.0% (373) |
| Texas: | 3.6% (183,838) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Males:
| Colony: | 2.1% (198) |
| Texas: | 3.4% (173,484) |
Local government workers - Males:
| Colony: | 3.6% (336) |
| Texas: | 5.1% (260,804) |
State government workers - Males:
| Colony: | 1.2% (111) |
| Texas: | 3.8% (190,371) |
Federal government workers - Males:
| Colony: | 1.4% (126) |
| Texas: | 2.6% (133,009) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Males:
| Colony: | 5.0% (463) |
| Texas: | 8.4% (428,111) |
Employee of private company - Females:
| Colony: | 78.9% (5,983) |
| Texas: | 65.8% (2,740,543) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business - Females:
| Colony: | 1.3% (102) |
| Texas: | 1.6% (67,026) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Females:
| Colony: | 5.4% (409) |
| Texas: | 8.5% (353,147) |
Local government workers - Females:
| Colony: | 5.8% (443) |
| Texas: | 8.3% (347,675) |
State government workers - Females:
| Colony: | 2.3% (171) |
| Texas: | 7.5% (310,711) |
Federal government workers - Females:
| Colony: | 1.1% (81) |
| Texas: | 2.5% (104,168) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Females:
| Colony: | 5.0% (379) |
| Texas: | 5.4% (225,416) |
Unpaid family workers - Females:
| Colony: | 0.2% (16) |
| Texas: | 0.4% (17,000) |