Work & commute · Kemp

Work & commute in Kemp, TX

Most working residents leave Kemp for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Dallas (16%), Mabank (14%) and Plano (5%). Half commute less than 44 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 477 working residents

Typical commute

44 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 471 Kemp residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 322 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kemp.

471live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

322work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kemp goes to work

Dallas39.9 mi away

16%77

Mabank8.2 mi away

14%66

Plano52.1 mi away

5%22

Gun Barrel City9.4 mi away

4%18

Kaufman10.9 mi away

3%13

Fort Worth69.5 mi away

3%13

Irving52.1 mi away

3%12

Richardson46.3 mi away

2%11

Houston189.8 mi away

2%10

Mesquite30.5 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%225

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

How far

How far Kemp commutes

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

21%

11%

29%

39%

21%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kemp is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.69 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Kemp are

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

Jobs based in Kemp

328 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Kemp residents hold

477 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+31%

Jobs based in Kemp, 2013 → 2023: 251 → 328. 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.