Work & commute · Kirbyville

Work & commute in Kirbyville, TX

Most working residents leave Kirbyville for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Beaumont (8%), Jasper (6%) and Houston (6%). Half commute less than 40 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

134 of 712 working residents

Typical commute

40 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 578 Kirbyville residents head out of town to work, 134 work right here, and 811 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kirbyville.

578live here, work elsewhere

134live and work here

811work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kirbyville goes to work

Kirbyville (in town)right here

19%134

Beaumont42.2 mi away

8%59

Jasper19.1 mi away

6%43

Houston107.4 mi away

6%40

Lufkin67.2 mi away

3%22

Evadale24.5 mi away

3%18

Orange37.9 mi away

2%16

Buna15.3 mi away

2%16

Woodville32.1 mi away

2%11

Port Arthur52.4 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%343

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

How far

How far Kirbyville commutes

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

22%

16%

28%

34%

22%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kirbyville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.33jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kirbyville are

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

Jobs based in Kirbyville

945 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Kirbyville residents hold

712 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+5%

Jobs based in Kirbyville, 2013 → 2023: 899 → 945. 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.