Work & commute · Joaquin

Work & commute in Joaquin, TX

Most working residents leave Joaquin for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Center (26%), Houston (5%) and Mansfield (3%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 227 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 206 Joaquin residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 269 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Joaquin.

206live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

269work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Joaquin goes to work

Center14.2 mi away

26%59

Joaquin (in town)right here

9%21

Houston170.3 mi away

5%12

Mansfield, LA21 mi away

3%7

Nacogdoches43 mi away

3%7

Lufkin59.8 mi away

2%5

Deer Park169.4 mi away

2%4

Dallas168.6 mi away

2%4

Beaumont130.1 mi away

2%4

San Augustine30.3 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%101

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

How far

How far Joaquin commutes

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

15%

40%

39%

15%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Joaquin is balanced between jobs and homes

1.28jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Joaquin are

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

Jobs based in Joaquin

290 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Joaquin residents hold

227 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+157%

Jobs based in Joaquin, 2013 → 2023: 113 → 290. 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.