Work & commute · Emerald Bay

Work & commute in Emerald Bay, TX

Most working residents leave Emerald Bay for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Tyler (39%), Longview (5%) and Dallas (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 389 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

41%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 385 Emerald Bay residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 100 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Emerald Bay.

385live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

100work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Emerald Bay goes to work

Tyler13.3 mi away

39%153

Longview46.7 mi away

5%19

Dallas88.9 mi away

4%14

Jacksonville17.2 mi away

3%11

Bullard7.2 mi away

2%8

Fort Worth119.3 mi away

2%6

Palestine30.6 mi away

1%5

Austin187.8 mi away

1%5

Houston164.2 mi away

1%5

Plano97.9 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%159

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

How far

How far Emerald Bay commutes

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

10%

48%

11%

32%

10%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Emerald Bay is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Emerald Bay are

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

Jobs based in Emerald Bay

104 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Emerald Bay residents hold

389 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+46%

Jobs based in Emerald Bay, 2013 → 2023: 71 → 104. 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.