Work & commute · Lindale

Work & commute in Lindale, TX

Most working residents leave Lindale for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Tyler (32%), Dallas (3%) and Mineola (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

219 of 2,415 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 2,196 Lindale residents head out of town to work, 219 work right here, and 3,255 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lindale.

2,196live here, work elsewhere

219live and work here

3,255work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lindale goes to work

Tyler13.6 mi away

32%781

Lindale (in town)right here

9%219

Dallas81.7 mi away

3%66

Mineola11.7 mi away

3%65

Longview37.7 mi away

3%63

Houston187.1 mi away

2%55

Kilgore32.6 mi away

2%45

Austin205.3 mi away

1%30

Fort Worth114.7 mi away

1%22

Plano86.9 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%1,051

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

How far

How far Lindale commutes

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

18%

45%

10%

27%

18%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lindale is balanced between jobs and homes

1.44jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.44 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lindale are

3,474 jobs are based in Lindale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lindale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lindale

3,474 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities54%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Lindale residents hold

2,415 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+33%

Jobs based in Lindale, 2013 → 2023: 2,612 → 3,474. 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.