Work & commute · Kennard

Work & commute in Kennard, TX

Most working residents leave Kennard for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Lufkin (14%), Crockett (11%) and Houston (7%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 112 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 103 Kennard residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 115 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kennard.

103live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

115work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kennard goes to work

Lufkin27 mi away

14%16

Crockett16.2 mi away

11%12

Kennard (in town)right here

8%9

Houston109.3 mi away

7%8

Dallas135.7 mi away

4%4

Huntsville50.4 mi away

3%3

Beaumont107.5 mi away

3%3

Grapeland19.6 mi away

2%2

Trinity30.6 mi away

2%2

Willis66.2 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%51

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

How far

How far Kennard commutes

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

14%

18%

19%

49%

14%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

49%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kennard is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kennard are

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

Jobs based in Kennard

124 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)99%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Kennard residents hold

112 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−16%

Jobs based in Kennard, 2013 → 2023: 147 → 124. 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.