Work & commute · Lufkin

Work & commute in Lufkin, TX

46% of Lufkin’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Nacogdoches (6%), Houston (5%) and Diboll (2%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

46%

6,230 of 13,504 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 7,274 Lufkin residents head out of town to work, 6,230 work right here, and 19,613 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lufkin.

7,274live here, work elsewhere

6,230live and work here

19,613work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lufkin goes to work

Lufkin (in town)right here

46%6,230

Nacogdoches20.5 mi away

6%840

Houston113.2 mi away

5%675

Diboll9.8 mi away

2%303

Hudson3.3 mi away

2%251

Dallas156.7 mi away

2%207

Tyler76.6 mi away

1%190

Austin193 mi away

1%140

Corrigan23.1 mi away

1%131

Longview82.7 mi away

1%113

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%4,424

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

How far

How far Lufkin commutes

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

53%

10%

32%

53%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lufkin is a job hub

1.91jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lufkin are

25,843 jobs are based in Lufkin. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lufkin’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lufkin

25,843 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Lufkin residents hold

13,504 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−7%

Jobs based in Lufkin, 2013 → 2023: 27,694 → 25,843. 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.