Work & commute · Canton

Work & commute in Canton, TX

Most working residents leave Canton for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Tyler (8%), Athens (4%) and Terrell (3%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

283 of 1,496 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 1,213 Canton residents head out of town to work, 283 work right here, and 2,782 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Canton.

1,213live here, work elsewhere

283live and work here

2,782work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Canton goes to work

Canton (in town)right here

19%283

Tyler36.4 mi away

8%126

Athens24.4 mi away

4%53

Terrell27.9 mi away

3%51

Dallas55.1 mi away

3%43

Wills Point13.5 mi away

3%42

Houston193.3 mi away

2%34

Mabank19.1 mi away

2%33

Longview64.3 mi away

2%28

Fort Worth87.8 mi away

1%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%782

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

How far

How far Canton commutes

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

25%

16%

25%

34%

25%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Canton is a job hub

2.05jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Canton are

3,065 jobs are based in Canton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Canton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Canton

3,065 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Canton residents hold

1,496 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+17%

Jobs based in Canton, 2013 → 2023: 2,618 → 3,065. 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.