Work & commute · Carthage

Work & commute in Carthage, TX

About one in 3 of Carthage’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Longview (8%), Houston (4%) and Tyler (3%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

835 of 2,756 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,921 Carthage residents head out of town to work, 835 work right here, and 3,838 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carthage.

1,921live here, work elsewhere

835live and work here

3,838work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carthage goes to work

Carthage (in town)right here

30%835

Longview35.5 mi away

8%222

Houston175 mi away

4%119

Tyler57.8 mi away

3%93

Marshall26.8 mi away

3%83

Lufkin61.7 mi away

2%64

Center26.4 mi away

2%56

Henderson26.8 mi away

2%48

Dallas148.4 mi away

2%47

Kilgore34.9 mi away

1%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%1,150

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

How far

How far Carthage commutes

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

39%

22%

35%

39%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carthage is a job hub

1.70jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Carthage are

4,673 jobs are based in Carthage. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Carthage’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Carthage

4,673 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Carthage residents hold

2,756 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−14%

Jobs based in Carthage, 2013 → 2023: 5,419 → 4,673. 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.