Work & commute · Lake Cherokee

Work & commute in Lake Cherokee, TX

Most working residents leave Lake Cherokee for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Longview (27%), Kilgore (7%) and Tyler (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
11 of 1,140 working residents
Typical commute
15 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
28 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
5%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,129 Lake Cherokee residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 117 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Cherokee.

1,129live here, work elsewhere
11live and work here
117work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Lake Cherokee goes to work

HarrellShreveportLakeportTatumHallsvilleHendersonKilgoreMarshallNacogdochesAustinDallasHoustonLongviewTylerLake CherokeeLongviewKilgoreTylerHoustonHendersonTatumDallasMarshallNacogdochesAustinLake Cherokee
1
Longview12.8 mi away
27%311
2
Kilgore12.5 mi away
7%79
3
Tyler38.4 mi away
4%48
4
Houston183.2 mi away
4%46
5
Henderson16.4 mi away
4%42
6
Tatum8.3 mi away
3%38
7
Dallas126.8 mi away
3%29
8
Marshall21.3 mi away
2%27
9
Nacogdoches51.7 mi away
1%15
10
Austin232 mi away
1%13
Everywhere elseother towns and states
43%492

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

How far

How far Lake Cherokee commutes

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

24%Under 10 mi
38%10–24 mi
10%25–50 mi
28%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Cherokee is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Cherokee are

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

Jobs based in Lake Cherokee

128 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)13%
Trade, transport & utilities23%
Services (health, schools, offices…)64%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month19%
Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Lake Cherokee residents hold

1,140 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)26%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)50%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month56%
−80%

Jobs based in Lake Cherokee, 2013 → 2023: 633 → 128. 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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