Work & commute · Appleby

Work & commute in Appleby, TX

Most working residents leave Appleby for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Nacogdoches (45%), Lufkin (7%) and Houston (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 197 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 195 Appleby residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Appleby.

195live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

30work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Appleby goes to work

Nacogdoches7.7 mi away

45%88

Lufkin28.2 mi away

7%13

Houston141.3 mi away

4%7

Dallas146.4 mi away

2%4

Tyler58.3 mi away

2%4

Austin210.5 mi away

2%3

Garrison10.1 mi away

1%2

Appleby (in town)right here

1%2

Gilmer72.9 mi away

1%2

San Augustine32 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%70

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

How far

How far Appleby commutes

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

49%

11%

34%

49%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Appleby is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.16 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Appleby are

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

Jobs based in Appleby

32 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Appleby residents hold

197 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−6%

Jobs based in Appleby, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 32. 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.