Work & commute · Alto

Work & commute in Alto, TX

Most working residents leave Alto for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Rusk (7%), Lufkin (6%) and Nacogdoches (5%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

59 of 401 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 342 Alto residents head out of town to work, 59 work right here, and 392 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alto.

342live here, work elsewhere

59live and work here

392work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alto goes to work

Alto (in town)right here

15%59

Rusk11.1 mi away

7%29

Lufkin30.3 mi away

6%26

Nacogdoches24.8 mi away

5%22

Tyler48.1 mi away

4%17

Dallas126.7 mi away

3%12

Houston130.3 mi away

3%12

Jacksonville24.2 mi away

3%11

Longview62.7 mi away

3%11

Palestine34.6 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%196

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Alto commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

25%

17%

21%

37%

25%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alto is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Alto are

451 jobs are based in Alto. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Alto’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Alto

451 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Alto residents hold

401 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−23%

Jobs based in Alto, 2013 → 2023: 584 → 451. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.