Work & commute · Kilgore

Work & commute in Kilgore, TX

About one in 5 of Kilgore’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Longview (21%), Tyler (5%) and Dallas (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

1,102 of 5,194 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 4,092 Kilgore residents head out of town to work, 1,102 work right here, and 8,841 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kilgore.

4,092live here, work elsewhere

1,102live and work here

8,841work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kilgore goes to work

Kilgore (in town)right here

21%1,102

Longview10.3 mi away

21%1,096

Tyler26.6 mi away

5%270

Dallas114.3 mi away

3%149

Houston183.1 mi away

3%138

Henderson17 mi away

2%113

Liberty City6.2 mi away

1%75

Austin224 mi away

1%61

White Oak9.2 mi away

1%58

Shreveport, LA62.5 mi away

1%56

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%2,076

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

How far

How far Kilgore commutes

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

35%

28%

30%

35%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kilgore is a job hub

1.91jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kilgore are

9,943 jobs are based in Kilgore. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kilgore’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kilgore

9,943 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Kilgore residents hold

5,194 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−15%

Jobs based in Kilgore, 2013 → 2023: 11,736 → 9,943. 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.