Work & commute · Lovelady

Work & commute in Lovelady, TX

Most working residents leave Lovelady for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Huntsville (15%), Houston (14%) and Crockett (6%). Half commute less than 62 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 139 working residents

Typical commute

62 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

61 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 133 Lovelady residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 166 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lovelady.

133live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

166work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lovelady goes to work

Huntsville30.3 mi away

15%21

Houston92.8 mi away

14%19

Crockett13.1 mi away

6%8

Dallas138.7 mi away

6%8

Lovelady (in town)right here

4%6

Tomball72.1 mi away

2%3

West Livingston38.7 mi away

2%3

Trinity13.4 mi away

1%2

Diboll39.4 mi away

1%2

Palestine44.9 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%65

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

How far

How far Lovelady commutes

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

16%

25%

54%

5%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

54%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lovelady is balanced between jobs and homes

1.24jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lovelady are

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

Jobs based in Lovelady

172 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Lovelady residents hold

139 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+2050%

Jobs based in Lovelady, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 172. 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.