Work & commute · Leary

Work & commute in Leary, TX

Most working residents leave Leary for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Texarkana (31%), Texarkana (10%) and Hooks (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 143 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 140 Leary residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 122 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Leary.

140live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

122work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Leary goes to work

Texarkana7.4 mi away

31%45

Texarkana, AR13.1 mi away

10%14

Hooks4.3 mi away

5%7

New Boston12 mi away

4%6

Dallas155 mi away

3%5

Leary (in town)right here

2%3

Atlanta24.6 mi away

2%3

Houston263.6 mi away

2%3

Tyler101.7 mi away

2%3

Shreveport, LA73.2 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%52

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

How far

How far Leary commutes

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

44%

26%

25%

44%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Leary is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Leary are

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

Jobs based in Leary

125 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities73%

Services (health, schools, offices…)15%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Leary residents hold

143 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+62%

Jobs based in Leary, 2013 → 2023: 77 → 125. 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.