Work & commute · Jasper

Work & commute in Jasper, TX

About one in 3 of Jasper’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Beaumont (7%), Houston (6%) and Lufkin (5%). Half commute less than 47 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

763 of 2,367 working residents

Typical commute

47 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,604 Jasper residents head out of town to work, 763 work right here, and 2,889 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jasper.

1,604live here, work elsewhere

763live and work here

2,889work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jasper goes to work

Jasper (in town)right here

32%763

Beaumont58.6 mi away

7%158

Houston114.4 mi away

6%134

Lufkin51.6 mi away

5%112

Woodville27.4 mi away

2%47

Nacogdoches61.5 mi away

1%33

Kirbyville19.1 mi away

1%32

Corrigan49.7 mi away

1%29

Port Arthur70.9 mi away

1%22

Sam Rayburn10.9 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%1,015

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

How far

How far Jasper commutes

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

39%

47%

39%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

47%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jasper is a job hub

1.54jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Jasper are

3,652 jobs are based in Jasper. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jasper’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Jasper

3,652 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Jasper residents hold

2,367 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−28%

Jobs based in Jasper, 2013 → 2023: 5,046 → 3,652. 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.