Work & commute · Diboll

Work & commute in Diboll, TX

Most working residents leave Diboll for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Lufkin (31%), Houston (6%) and Nacogdoches (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

204 of 1,594 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 1,390 Diboll residents head out of town to work, 204 work right here, and 1,690 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Diboll.

1,390live here, work elsewhere

204live and work here

1,690work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Diboll goes to work

Lufkin9.8 mi away

31%499

Diboll (in town)right here

13%204

Houston103.4 mi away

6%91

Nacogdoches30.3 mi away

4%68

Corrigan13.4 mi away

3%54

Hudson9 mi away

2%31

Tyler83.9 mi away

2%28

Dallas160.6 mi away

1%23

Austin186.8 mi away

1%17

Pineland48 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%565

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

How far

How far Diboll commutes

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

27%

30%

34%

27%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Diboll is balanced between jobs and homes

1.19jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Diboll are

1,894 jobs are based in Diboll. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Diboll’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Diboll

1,894 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Diboll residents hold

1,594 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−15%

Jobs based in Diboll, 2013 → 2023: 2,238 → 1,894. 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.