Work & commute · Huntington

Work & commute in Huntington, TX

Most working residents leave Huntington for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Lufkin (36%), Nacogdoches (6%) and Houston (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40 of 799 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 759 Huntington residents head out of town to work, 40 work right here, and 784 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Huntington.

759live here, work elsewhere

40live and work here

784work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Huntington goes to work

Lufkin9.5 mi away

36%289

Nacogdoches23.4 mi away

6%51

Huntington (in town)right here

5%40

Houston114 mi away

5%36

Hudson12.6 mi away

2%18

Diboll13.7 mi away

2%16

Austin200.4 mi away

2%14

Dallas165.5 mi away

2%12

Tyler83.5 mi away

1%8

Fort Worth192.7 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%308

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

How far

How far Huntington commutes

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

31%

29%

34%

31%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Huntington is balanced between jobs and homes

1.03jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Huntington are

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

Jobs based in Huntington

824 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Huntington residents hold

799 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+76%

Jobs based in Huntington, 2013 → 2023: 469 → 824. 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.