Work & commute · Jacksonville

Work & commute in Jacksonville, TX

About one in 3 of Jacksonville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Tyler (12%), Houston (4%) and Longview (3%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

1,887 of 5,838 working residents

Typical commute

24 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 3,951 Jacksonville residents head out of town to work, 1,887 work right here, and 5,396 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jacksonville.

3,951live here, work elsewhere

1,887live and work here

5,396work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jacksonville goes to work

Jacksonville (in town)right here

32%1,887

Tyler24.8 mi away

12%719

Houston150.4 mi away

4%218

Longview48.7 mi away

3%198

Rusk13.1 mi away

2%144

Dallas104.8 mi away

2%97

Palestine26.5 mi away

2%92

Lufkin54.1 mi away

1%74

Kilgore38.4 mi away

1%65

Austin186.6 mi away

1%62

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%2,282

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

How far

How far Jacksonville commutes

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

38%

15%

18%

28%

38%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jacksonville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.25jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.25 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Jacksonville are

7,283 jobs are based in Jacksonville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jacksonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Jacksonville

7,283 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Jacksonville residents hold

5,838 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−14%

Jobs based in Jacksonville, 2013 → 2023: 8,514 → 7,283. 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.