Work & commute · Cumby

Work & commute in Cumby, TX

Most working residents leave Cumby for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Sulphur Springs (18%), Greenville (17%) and Commerce (8%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 250 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 246 Cumby residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cumby.

246live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

41work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cumby goes to work

Sulphur Springs13 mi away

18%44

Greenville15.8 mi away

17%42

Commerce8.1 mi away

8%20

Houston232.9 mi away

3%8

Texarkana103.6 mi away

3%7

Dallas58.7 mi away

3%7

Fort Worth90.9 mi away

2%5

Arlington80.4 mi away

2%5

Cumby (in town)right here

2%4

Paris40.5 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%104

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

How far

How far Cumby commutes

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

15%

45%

31%

15%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cumby is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cumby are

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

Jobs based in Cumby

45 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Cumby residents hold

250 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−66%

Jobs based in Cumby, 2013 → 2023: 132 → 45. 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.