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

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

Beaumont12.4 mi away

30%1,803

Lumberton (in town)right here

12%689

Houston77.8 mi away

8%458

Port Arthur30.9 mi away

4%227

Silsbee6.5 mi away

2%144

Nederland23.3 mi away

2%106

Vidor15.6 mi away

2%92

Central Gardens21.6 mi away

1%68

Orange28.6 mi away

1%63

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%

40%

10%

29%

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.