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Work & commute · Kerens

Work & commute in Kerens, TX

Most working residents leave Kerens for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Corsicana (18%), Dallas (9%) and Fort Worth (4%). Half commute less than 49 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
11%
75 of 707 working residents
Typical commute
49 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
28 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
4%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 632 Kerens residents head out of town to work, 75 work right here, and 231 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kerens.

632live here, work elsewhere
75live and work here
231work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Kerens goes to work

GoodlowKerensToolFairfieldFateAthensTrinidadCorsicanaRoyse CityEnnisAustinDallasFort WorthWacoArlingtonIrvingCorsicanaDallasFort WorthAthensIrvingEnnisAustinWacoArlingtonKerens
1
Corsicana14.5 mi away
18%127
2
Kerens (in town)right here
11%75
3
Dallas55.6 mi away
9%61
4
Fort Worth79.4 mi away
4%25
5
Athens23.6 mi away
3%22
6
Irving66.3 mi away
3%20
7
Ennis27.4 mi away
2%16
8
Austin155.5 mi away
2%16
9
Waco69.1 mi away
2%16
10
Arlington65.6 mi away
2%14
Everywhere elseother towns and states
45%315

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

How far

How far Kerens commutes

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

13%Under 10 mi
27%10–24 mi
10%25–50 mi
49%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Kerens is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kerens are

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

Jobs based in Kerens

306 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)8%
Trade, transport & utilities14%
Services (health, schools, offices…)78%
$1,250 a month or less21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Kerens residents hold

707 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)21%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)57%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month55%
−10%

Jobs based in Kerens, 2013 → 2023: 341 → 306. 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.

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