Work & commute · Gladewater

Work & commute in Gladewater, TX

Most working residents leave Gladewater for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Longview (25%), Tyler (7%) and Kilgore (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

198 of 2,582 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 2,384 Gladewater residents head out of town to work, 198 work right here, and 1,566 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gladewater.

2,384live here, work elsewhere

198live and work here

1,566work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gladewater goes to work

Longview10.9 mi away

25%645

Gladewater (in town)right here

8%198

Tyler26.1 mi away

7%168

Kilgore11.3 mi away

5%128

White Oak5.5 mi away

4%104

Dallas107.2 mi away

3%83

Gilmer13.1 mi away

2%61

Houston192.3 mi away

2%54

Shreveport, LA67.5 mi away

1%27

Austin226.8 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%1,088

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

How far

How far Gladewater commutes

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

24%

38%

10%

28%

24%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gladewater is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gladewater are

1,764 jobs are based in Gladewater. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gladewater’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gladewater

1,764 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Gladewater residents hold

2,582 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−12%

Jobs based in Gladewater, 2013 → 2023: 1,995 → 1,764. 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.