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Work & commute in De Kalb, TX

Most working residents leave De Kalb for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Texarkana (12%), New Boston (6%) and Mount Pleasant (4%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
16%
75 of 480 working residents
Typical commute
32 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
23 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
2%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 405 De Kalb residents head out of town to work, 75 work right here, and 366 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in De Kalb.

405live here, work elsewhere
75live and work here
366work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
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Where De Kalb goes to work

TexarkanaAveryDe KalbOmahaRedwaterDaingerfieldClarksvilleWake VillageNew BostonMount PleasantParisTexarkanaDallasFort WorthTylerTexarkanaNew BostonMount PleasantTexarkanaClarksvilleTylerDallasRedwaterFort WorthDe Kalb
1
De Kalb (in town)right here
16%75
2
Texarkana30.9 mi away
12%58
3
New Boston11.8 mi away
6%28
4
Mount Pleasant31.8 mi away
4%18
5
Texarkana, AR36.6 mi away
3%15
6
Clarksville26.3 mi away
3%12
7
Tyler91.4 mi away
3%12
8
Dallas133.8 mi away
2%11
9
Redwater23.3 mi away
2%9
10
Fort Worth165.8 mi away
2%9
Everywhere elseother towns and states
49%233

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

How far

How far De Kalb commutes

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

20%Under 10 mi
17%10–24 mi
30%25–50 mi
34%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

De Kalb is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in De Kalb are

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

Jobs based in De Kalb

441 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)3%
Trade, transport & utilities26%
Services (health, schools, offices…)72%
$1,250 a month or less24%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs De Kalb residents hold

480 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)19%
Trade, transport & utilities25%
Services (health, schools, offices…)56%
$1,250 a month or less21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month46%
−35%

Jobs based in De Kalb, 2013 → 2023: 674 → 441. 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.

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