Work & commute · Gilmer

Work & commute in Gilmer, TX

Most working residents leave Gilmer for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Longview (17%), Tyler (6%) and Dallas (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

410 of 2,107 working residents

Typical commute

23 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 1,697 Gilmer residents head out of town to work, 410 work right here, and 3,412 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gilmer.

1,697live here, work elsewhere

410live and work here

3,412work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gilmer goes to work

Gilmer (in town)right here

19%410

Longview18.2 mi away

17%368

Tyler35.5 mi away

6%120

Dallas105.9 mi away

3%62

Kilgore23.7 mi away

3%59

Mount Pleasant29.5 mi away

2%51

Gladewater13.1 mi away

2%49

Houston205.3 mi away

2%39

Pittsburg18.5 mi away

1%26

Fort Worth139.7 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%900

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

How far

How far Gilmer commutes

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

21%

31%

18%

29%

21%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gilmer is a job hub

1.81jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gilmer are

3,822 jobs are based in Gilmer. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gilmer’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gilmer

3,822 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Gilmer residents hold

2,107 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+54%

Jobs based in Gilmer, 2013 → 2023: 2,477 → 3,822. 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.