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LaborShedAnalysis <br />Usingpubliclyavailabledataitispossibletoperformalaborshedanalysis.Thepurposeof <br />thisanalysisistohighlight:1)whereLaPorteresidentsworkand2)whereLaPortebased <br />businessemployeeslive.Theresultsareusefulinidentifyingfutureeconomicdevelopment <br />targets,determiningworkforcegaps,andguidingfuturepublicsectorinvestment. <br />In2006,approximately19,000cityresidentswereemployed.Atthesametime,LaPorte <br />basedbusinessesemployed29,000workers.Hypothetically,ifallLaPortebasedjobswere <br />firstfilledbylocalresidents,thenapproximately10,000workerswouldneedtocommuteto <br />thecityeachday.However,datafromtheCensusBureauLEHDProgrampaintadifferent <br />picture. <br />In2006,only13.4percentofLaPorteresidentsworkedinthecity.OveronethirdofLaPorte <br />workingresidentscommutedtoHoustoneachday.Otherlargeemploymentcenterswere <br />Pasadena,DeerPark,andBaytown. <br />ThesefindingscreatepositiveandnegativeimplicationsforLaPorte.BecauseLaPorte <br />residentsworkthroughouttheregioninabroadrangeofindustries,thiscanhelpoffsetthe <br />negativeeffectsofaslowdownintheĭźƷǤ͸ƭenergysector.ThedownsideisthatLaPorte <br />basedbusinessespayhighwagestononlocalresidents.However,thefactthatworkerswill <br />commutetoLaPorteforworkisagoodindicatorthatfuturetourismandqualityofplace <br />projects(SylvanBeachandDowntown)wouldattractvisitorsfromneighboringcommunities. <br />Table6:WhereEmployedLaPorteResidentsWork <br />Description20022003200420052006 <br />Houston39.2%38.8%38.1%38.3%37.2% <br />LaPorte14.0%13.5%13.1%13.4%13.4% <br />Pasadena9.8%10.2%9.4%9.1%9.4% <br />DeerPark7.1%7.1%6.8%6.6%6.7% <br />Baytown3.1%2.7%3.4%3.1%3.0% <br />Webster1.4%1.6%1.6%1.8%1.5% <br />LeagueCity1.0%0.9%1.1%1.3%1.3% <br />Austin0.7%0.7%0.8%0.8%0.9% <br />Seabrook0.5%0.8%0.8%0.9%0.8% <br />Pearland0.6%0.8%0.9%0.7%0.8% <br />AllOtherLocations22.5%22.8%24.1%24.0%25.0% <br />Source:TXP,U.S.CensusBureauLEHDProgram <br />11 <br />| <br />City of La Porte, Texas - Economic & Demographic Assessment January 2009 <br /> <br />