Work & commute · Groveton

Work & commute in Groveton, TX

Most working residents leave Groveton for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (11%), Huntsville (8%) and Lufkin (5%). Half commute less than 57 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

37 of 311 working residents

Typical commute

57 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 274 Groveton residents head out of town to work, 37 work right here, and 313 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Groveton.

274live here, work elsewhere

37live and work here

313work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Groveton goes to work

Groveton (in town)right here

12%37

Houston89.2 mi away

11%35

Huntsville35.4 mi away

8%24

Lufkin29.8 mi away

5%14

Nacogdoches47.5 mi away

3%9

Dallas153.8 mi away

3%9

Corrigan18.1 mi away

2%7

Trinity16.6 mi away

2%6

Conroe54.6 mi away

2%6

Beaumont89 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%158

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

How far

How far Groveton commutes

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

14%

24%

53%

14%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

53%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Groveton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.13jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Groveton are

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

Jobs based in Groveton

350 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Groveton residents hold

311 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+4%

Jobs based in Groveton, 2013 → 2023: 336 → 350. 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.