Work & commute · Emory

Work & commute in Emory, TX

Most working residents leave Emory for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Greenville (9%), Sulphur Springs (8%) and Houston (4%). Half commute less than 41 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26 of 403 working residents

Typical commute

41 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 377 Emory residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 925 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Emory.

377live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

925work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Emory goes to work

Greenville25.7 mi away

9%38

Sulphur Springs20.4 mi away

8%33

Emory (in town)right here

6%26

Houston214.7 mi away

4%17

Tyler47 mi away

4%17

Dallas58.4 mi away

2%10

Rockwall39.1 mi away

2%8

Austin213.1 mi away

2%8

Jacksonville69.8 mi away

1%6

Mount Pleasant49.8 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%234

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

How far

How far Emory commutes

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

16%

21%

23%

41%

16%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Emory is a job hub

2.36jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Emory are

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

Jobs based in Emory

951 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Emory residents hold

403 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−3%

Jobs based in Emory, 2013 → 2023: 978 → 951. 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.