Work & commute · Arp

Work & commute in Arp, TX

Most working residents leave Arp for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Tyler (38%), Longview (4%) and Dallas (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 373 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 370 Arp residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 157 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Arp.

370live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

157work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Arp goes to work

Tyler16.1 mi away

38%143

Longview26.5 mi away

4%14

Dallas107.3 mi away

3%11

Overton5.8 mi away

3%10

Houston169.8 mi away

2%9

Kilgore16.3 mi away

2%6

Fort Worth139.2 mi away

2%6

Whitehouse9.8 mi away

1%5

Carrollton119.7 mi away

1%5

Austin207.8 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%160

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

How far

How far Arp commutes

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

12%

52%

28%

12%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Arp is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Arp are

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

Jobs based in Arp

160 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)55%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Arp residents hold

373 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+26%

Jobs based in Arp, 2013 → 2023: 127 → 160. 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.