Work & commute · Longview

Work & commute in Longview, TX

45% of Longview’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Kilgore (4%), Tyler (4%) and Dallas (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45%

15,253 of 33,933 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 18,680 Longview residents head out of town to work, 15,253 work right here, and 36,142 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Longview.

18,680live here, work elsewhere

15,253live and work here

36,142work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Longview goes to work

Longview (in town)right here

45%15,253

Kilgore10.3 mi away

4%1,418

Tyler34.8 mi away

4%1,219

Dallas118.2 mi away

3%991

Houston192.5 mi away

2%732

Marshall23.8 mi away

2%546

White Oak5.4 mi away

1%462

Fort Worth151.6 mi away

1%376

Shreveport, LA56.6 mi away

1%333

Gladewater10.9 mi away

1%327

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%12,276

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

How far

How far Longview commutes

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

55%

28%

55%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Longview is a job hub

1.51jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Longview are

51,395 jobs are based in Longview. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Longview’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Longview

51,395 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Longview residents hold

33,933 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−2%

Jobs based in Longview, 2013 → 2023: 52,496 → 51,395. 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.