Work & commute · Lumberton

Work & commute in Lumberton, TX

Most working residents leave Lumberton for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Beaumont (30%), Houston (8%) and Port Arthur (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
12%
689 of 5,928 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
7%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,239 Lumberton residents head out of town to work, 689 work right here, and 2,798 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lumberton.

5,239live here, work elsewhere
689live and work here
2,798work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Lumberton goes to work

KountzeGrovesNederlandBridge CitySilsbeeLumbertonVidorOrangePasadenaPort ArthurHoustonBeaumontCentral GardensBeaumontHoustonPort ArthurSilsbeeNederlandVidorCentral GardensOrangePasadenaLumberton
1
Beaumont12.4 mi away
30%1,803
2
Lumberton (in town)right here
12%689
3
Houston77.8 mi away
8%458
4
Port Arthur30.9 mi away
4%227
5
Silsbee6.5 mi away
2%144
6
Nederland23.3 mi away
2%106
7
Vidor15.6 mi away
2%92
8
Central Gardens21.6 mi away
1%68
9
Orange28.6 mi away
1%63
10
Pasadena70.1 mi away
1%56
Everywhere elseother towns and states
37%2,222

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

How far

How far Lumberton commutes

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

21%Under 10 mi
40%10–24 mi
10%25–50 mi
29%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Lumberton is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident
A commuter town

0.59 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Lumberton are

3,487 jobs are based in Lumberton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lumberton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lumberton

3,487 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)16%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)65%
$1,250 a month or less22%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Lumberton residents hold

5,928 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)26%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)55%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%
Over $3,333 a month63%
+9%

Jobs based in Lumberton, 2013 → 2023: 3,203 → 3,487. 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.

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