Work and Jobs in Northwest Harris, Texas (TX) Detailed Stats
Occupations, Industries, Unemployment, Workers, Commute
The most common industries in Northwest Harris are: Educational services (9.5% of civilian employees), Professional, scientific, technical services (8.1% of civilian employees), Construction (6.7% of civilian employees). 74.3% of workers are employees of private companies, which is 6.3% greater than the rate of 69.6% across the entire state of Texas.
Most common industries
Most common industries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Industry | All | Males | Females |
| Educational services | 9.5% (19,820) | 3.7% (4,308) | 16.5% (15,512) |
| Professional, scientific, and technical services | 8.1% (16,938) | 8.6% (9,942) | 7.4% (6,996) |
| Construction | 6.7% (14,025) | 10.4% (11,981) | 2.2% (2,044) |
| Health care | 5.8% (12,074) | 2.3% (2,629) | 10.0% (9,445) |
| Finance and insurance | 5.0% (10,532) | 3.7% (4,252) | 6.7% (6,280) |
| Accommodation and food services | 4.3% (8,986) | 4.0% (4,612) | 4.6% (4,374) |
| Computer and electronic products | 3.7% (7,778) | 4.3% (5,018) | 2.9% (2,760) |
| Administrative and support and waste management services | 3.5% (7,389) | 3.4% (3,947) | 3.7% (3,442) |
| Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 3.1% (6,480) | 4.0% (4,606) | 2.0% (1,874) |
| Public administration | 2.9% (6,007) | 3.5% (4,075) | 2.1% (1,932) |
| Real estate and rental and leasing | 2.5% (5,234) | 2.2% (2,489) | 2.9% (2,745) |
| Food and beverage stores | 2.2% (4,529) | 2.2% (2,583) | 2.1% (1,946) |
| Air transportation | 2.0% (4,284) | 2.0% (2,366) | 2.0% (1,918) |
| Machinery | 1.9% (3,908) | 2.7% (3,155) | 0.8% (753) |
| Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers | 1.9% (3,895) | 2.2% (2,561) | 1.4% (1,334) |
| Repair and maintenance | 1.7% (3,586) | 2.7% (3,117) | 0.5% (469) |
| Metal and metal products | 1.7% (3,572) | 2.6% (2,984) | 0.6% (588) |
| Department and other general merchandise stores | 1.6% (3,448) | 1.2% (1,372) | 2.2% (2,076) |
| Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 1.6% (3,378) | 2.4% (2,716) | 0.7% (662) |
| Broadcasting and telecommunications | 1.5% (3,244) | 1.8% (2,044) | 1.3% (1,200) |
| Social assistance | 1.5% (3,230) | 0.3% (325) | 3.1% (2,905) |
| Utilities | 1.5% (3,222) | 2.0% (2,345) | 0.9% (877) |
| Truck transportation | 1.2% (2,577) | 1.8% (2,060) | 0.5% (517) |
| Personal and laundry services | 1.2% (2,557) | 0.7% (753) | 1.9% (1,804) |
| Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations | 1.2% (2,447) | 0.9% (1,047) | 1.5% (1,400) |
| Arts, entertainment, and recreation | 1.1% (2,336) | 1.2% (1,381) | 1.0% (955) |
| Chemicals | 1.0% (2,180) | 1.4% (1,651) | 0.6% (529) |
| Petroleum and coal products | 1.0% (2,044) | 1.2% (1,376) | 0.7% (668) |
| Radio, TV, and computer stores | 0.9% (1,965) | 1.1% (1,266) | 0.7% (699) |
| Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.9% (1,963) | 1.2% (1,405) | 0.6% (558) |
| Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers | 0.9% (1,962) | 1.1% (1,243) | 0.8% (719) |
| Miscellaneous manufacturing | 0.9% (1,852) | 1.0% (1,163) | 0.7% (689) |
| Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 0.9% (1,851) | 1.2% (1,355) | 0.5% (496) |
| Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.8% (1,748) | 1.0% (1,146) | 0.6% (602) |
| Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores | 0.7% (1,391) | 0.4% (417) | 1.0% (974) |
| U. S. Postal service | 0.7% (1,386) | 0.7% (809) | 0.6% (577) |
| Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers | 0.6% (1,323) | 0.8% (906) | 0.4% (417) |
| Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores | 0.6% (1,276) | 0.4% (510) | 0.8% (766) |
| Printing and related support activities | 0.6% (1,244) | 0.7% (761) | 0.5% (483) |
| Other direct selling establishments | 0.6% (1,224) | 0.4% (493) | 0.8% (731) |
| Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores | 0.6% (1,167) | 0.6% (656) | 0.5% (511) |
| Pharmacies and drug stores | 0.5% (1,118) | 0.4% (442) | 0.7% (676) |
| Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries | 0.5% (972) | 0.4% (488) | 0.5% (484) |
| Electrical and electronic goods merchant wholesalers | 0.4% (886) | 0.6% (698) | 0.2% (188) |
| Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers | 0.4% (881) | 0.5% (565) | 0.3% (316) |
| Sporting goods, camera, and hobby and toy stores | 0.4% (867) | 0.4% (448) | 0.4% (419) |
| Data processing, libraries, and other information services | 0.4% (804) | 0.4% (477) | 0.3% (327) |
| Electrical equipment, appliances, and components | 0.4% (783) | 0.6% (688) | 0.1% (95) |
| Private households | 0.4% (765) | 0.0% (49) | 0.8% (716) |
| Plastics and rubber products | 0.3% (722) | 0.5% (559) | 0.2% (163) |
| Nonmetallic mineral products | 0.3% (713) | 0.5% (529) | 0.2% (184) |
| Gasoline stations | 0.3% (662) | 0.4% (450) | 0.2% (212) |
| Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers | 0.3% (652) | 0.3% (364) | 0.3% (288) |
| Transportation equipment | 0.3% (612) | 0.4% (448) | 0.2% (164) |
| Drugs, sundries, and chemical and allied products merchant wholesalers | 0.3% (590) | 0.4% (417) | 0.2% (173) |
| Health and personal care, except drug, stores | 0.3% (574) | 0.1% (140) | 0.5% (434) |
| Food | 0.3% (542) | 0.3% (309) | 0.2% (233) |
| Metals and minerals, except petroleum, merchant wholesalers | 0.2% (499) | 0.3% (347) | 0.2% (152) |
| Hardware, plumbing and heating equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.2% (475) | 0.2% (285) | 0.2% (190) |
| Rail transportation | 0.2% (469) | 0.4% (427) | 0.0% (42) |
| Motor vehicles, parts and supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.2% (454) | 0.3% (327) | 0.1% (127) |
| Management of companies and enterprises | 0.2% (411) | 0.2% (212) | 0.2% (199) |
| Furniture and related product manufacturing | 0.2% (385) | 0.2% (266) | 0.1% (119) |
| Office supplies and stationery stores | 0.2% (370) | 0.1% (160) | 0.2% (210) |
| Warehousing and storage | 0.2% (353) | 0.2% (282) | 0.1% (71) |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 0.2% (330) | 0.2% (219) | 0.1% (111) |
| Lumber and other construction materials merchant wholesalers | 0.2% (324) | 0.2% (213) | 0.1% (111) |
| Jewelry, luggage, and leather goods stores | 0.1% (263) | 0.1% (83) | 0.2% (180) |
| Wood products | 0.1% (252) | 0.2% (176) | 0.1% (76) |
| Retail florists | 0.1% (247) | 0.0% (43) | 0.2% (204) |
| Book stores and news dealers | 0.1% (235) | 0.1% (65) | 0.2% (170) |
| Paper and paper products merchant wholesalers | 0.1% (235) | 0.1% (155) | 0.1% (80) |
| Furniture and home furnishing merchant wholesalers | 0.1% (224) | 0.1% (123) | 0.1% (101) |
| Fuel dealers | 0.1% (212) | 0.1% (122) | 0.1% (90) |
| Beverage and tobacco products | 0.1% (196) | 0.1% (168) | 0.0% (28) |
| Alcoholic beverages merchant wholesalers | 0.1% (177) | 0.1% (147) | 0.0% (30) |
| Paper | 0.1% (158) | 0.1% (117) | 0.0% (41) |
Unemployment in Northwest Harris
- Unemployment by race in 2000
- Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
- 2.8%Males
- 3.1%Females
- Unemployment rate for Black residents
- 6.6%Males
- 5.7%Females
- Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
- 2.7%Males
- 3.0%Females
- Unemployment rate for Asian residents
- 3.2%Males
- 4.5%Females
- Unemployment rate for other race residents
- 5.1%Males
- 5.9%Females
- Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
- 5.5%Males
- 4.1%Females
- Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
- 4.4%Males
- 5.6%Females
Time leaving home to go to work
<5am:
| Northwest Harris: | 2.3% (4,843) |
| Texas: | 3.1% (281,361) |
5:30am:
| Northwest Harris: | 2.8% (5,730) |
| Texas: | 2.9% (262,060) |
6am:
| Northwest Harris: | 4.9% (10,092) |
| Texas: | 4.4% (403,423) |
6:30am:
| Northwest Harris: | 10.7% (22,021) |
| Texas: | 8.8% (808,876) |
7am:
| Northwest Harris: | 12.6% (25,934) |
| Texas: | 10.7% (976,557) |
7:30am:
| Northwest Harris: | 17.3% (35,590) |
| Texas: | 16.4% (1,500,904) |
8am:
| Northwest Harris: | 14.6% (30,099) |
| Texas: | 16.8% (1,536,308) |
8:30am:
| Northwest Harris: | 10.2% (20,923) |
| Texas: | 10.0% (913,601) |
9am:
| Northwest Harris: | 4.3% (8,778) |
| Texas: | 4.4% (398,656) |
10am:
| Northwest Harris: | 5.5% (11,424) |
| Texas: | 5.2% (472,592) |
11am:
| Northwest Harris: | 1.9% (3,885) |
| Texas: | 2.2% (197,844) |
12pm:
| Northwest Harris: | 0.8% (1,660) |
| Texas: | 0.9% (86,997) |
4pm:
| Northwest Harris: | 4.4% (9,139) |
| Texas: | 5.5% (503,565) |
>4pm:
| Northwest Harris: | 4.6% (9,579) |
| Texas: | 6.1% (563,107) |
Travel time to work
Less than 5 minutes:
| Northwest Harris: | 1.6% (3,334) |
| Texas: | 3.0% (277,642) |
5 to 9 minutes:
| Northwest Harris: | 6.4% (13,124) |
| Texas: | 10.3% (942,891) |
10 to 14 minutes:
| Northwest Harris: | 9.6% (19,827) |
| Texas: | 14.4% (1,317,555) |
15 to 19 minutes:
| Northwest Harris: | 11.9% (24,456) |
| Texas: | 16.0% (1,467,945) |
20 to 24 minutes:
| Northwest Harris: | 12.5% (25,684) |
| Texas: | 13.9% (1,276,781) |
25 to 29 minutes:
| Northwest Harris: | 5.6% (11,458) |
| Texas: | 5.3% (482,838) |
30 to 34 minutes:
| Northwest Harris: | 15.7% (32,292) |
| Texas: | 14.3% (1,309,699) |
35 to 39 minutes:
| Northwest Harris: | 3.9% (8,045) |
| Texas: | 2.4% (219,873) |
40 to 44 minutes:
| Northwest Harris: | 5.6% (11,630) |
| Texas: | 3.1% (280,916) |
45 to 59 minutes:
| Northwest Harris: | 14.3% (29,468) |
| Texas: | 7.6% (692,006) |
60 to 89 minutes:
| Northwest Harris: | 8.0% (16,447) |
| Texas: | 4.6% (418,905) |
90 or more minutes:
| Northwest Harris: | 1.9% (3,932) |
| Texas: | 2.4% (218,800) |
Means of transportation to work
Drove car alone:
| Northwest Harris: | 81.5% (167,962) |
| Texas: | 77.7% (7,115,590) |
Carpooled:
| Northwest Harris: | 11.3% (23,201) |
| Texas: | 14.5% (1,326,012) |
Bus or trolley bus:
| Northwest Harris: | 2.5% (5,244) |
| Texas: | 1.7% (157,014) |
Streetcar or trolley car:
| Northwest Harris: | 0.0% (30) |
| Texas: | 0.0% (1,669) |
Subway or elevated:
| Northwest Harris: | 0.0% (9) |
| Texas: | 0.0% (2,371) |
Railroad:
| Northwest Harris: | 0.0% (32) |
| Texas: | 0.0% (2,374) |
Ferryboat:
| Northwest Harris: | 0.0% (9) |
| Texas: | 0.0% (738) |
Taxicab:
| Northwest Harris: | 0.0% (34) |
| Texas: | 0.1% (6,102) |
Motorcycle:
| Northwest Harris: | 0.1% (201) |
| Texas: | 0.1% (12,068) |
Bicycle:
| Northwest Harris: | 0.1% (235) |
| Texas: | 0.2% (21,551) |
Walked:
| Northwest Harris: | 0.8% (1,692) |
| Texas: | 1.9% (173,670) |
Other means:
| Northwest Harris: | 0.5% (1,048) |
| Texas: | 0.9% (86,692) |
Private vehicle occupancy
Drove alone:
| Northwest Harris: | 87.9% (167,962) |
| Texas: | 84.3% (7,115,590) |
In 2 person carpool:
| Northwest Harris: | 9.8% (18,777) |
| Texas: | 11.6% (982,994) |
In 3 person carpool:
| Northwest Harris: | 1.5% (2,861) |
| Texas: | 2.4% (201,602) |
In 4 person carpool:
| Northwest Harris: | 0.4% (729) |
| Texas: | 1.0% (83,518) |
In 5-6 person carpool:
| Northwest Harris: | 0.3% (478) |
| Texas: | 0.5% (40,662) |
In 7+ person carpool:
| Northwest Harris: | 0.2% (356) |
| Texas: | 0.2% (17,236) |
Class of workers
Employee of private company:
| Northwest Harris: | 74.3% (155,790) |
| Texas: | 69.6% (6,425,274) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business:
| Northwest Harris: | 3.3% (6,996) |
| Texas: | 2.7% (250,864) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers:
| Northwest Harris: | 4.7% (9,889) |
| Texas: | 5.7% (526,631) |
Local government workers:
| Northwest Harris: | 6.4% (13,399) |
| Texas: | 6.6% (608,479) |
State government workers:
| Northwest Harris: | 3.5% (7,312) |
| Texas: | 5.4% (501,082) |
Federal government workers:
| Northwest Harris: | 1.5% (3,137) |
| Texas: | 2.6% (237,177) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business:
| Northwest Harris: | 6.0% (12,608) |
| Texas: | 7.1% (653,527) |
Unpaid family workers:
| Northwest Harris: | 0.3% (552) |
| Texas: | 0.3% (31,338) |
Employee of private company - Males:
| Northwest Harris: | 77.9% (90,011) |
| Texas: | 72.7% (3,684,731) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business - Males:
| Northwest Harris: | 4.4% (5,123) |
| Texas: | 3.6% (183,838) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Males:
| Northwest Harris: | 2.4% (2,809) |
| Texas: | 3.4% (173,484) |
Local government workers - Males:
| Northwest Harris: | 4.8% (5,565) |
| Texas: | 5.1% (260,804) |
State government workers - Males:
| Northwest Harris: | 1.9% (2,229) |
| Texas: | 3.8% (190,371) |
Federal government workers - Males:
| Northwest Harris: | 1.5% (1,771) |
| Texas: | 2.6% (133,009) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Males:
| Northwest Harris: | 6.8% (7,817) |
| Texas: | 8.4% (428,111) |
Unpaid family workers - Males:
| Northwest Harris: | 0.2% (190) |
| Texas: | 0.3% (14,338) |
Employee of private company - Females:
| Northwest Harris: | 69.9% (65,779) |
| Texas: | 65.8% (2,740,543) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business - Females:
| Northwest Harris: | 2.0% (1,873) |
| Texas: | 1.6% (67,026) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Females:
| Northwest Harris: | 7.5% (7,080) |
| Texas: | 8.5% (353,147) |
Local government workers - Females:
| Northwest Harris: | 8.3% (7,834) |
| Texas: | 8.3% (347,675) |
State government workers - Females:
| Northwest Harris: | 5.4% (5,083) |
| Texas: | 7.5% (310,711) |
Federal government workers - Females:
| Northwest Harris: | 1.5% (1,366) |
| Texas: | 2.5% (104,168) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Females:
| Northwest Harris: | 5.1% (4,791) |
| Texas: | 5.4% (225,416) |
Unpaid family workers - Females:
| Northwest Harris: | 0.4% (362) |
| Texas: | 0.4% (17,000) |