Work & commute · Malakoff

Work & commute in Malakoff, TX

Most working residents leave Malakoff for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Athens (14%), Tyler (7%) and Dallas (4%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

87 of 786 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 699 Malakoff residents head out of town to work, 87 work right here, and 910 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Malakoff.

699live here, work elsewhere

87live and work here

910work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Malakoff goes to work

Athens11.3 mi away

14%110

Malakoff (in town)right here

11%87

Tyler42.9 mi away

7%52

Dallas61 mi away

4%30

Corsicana26.8 mi away

3%23

Mabank14.7 mi away

3%22

Houston169.2 mi away

3%22

Gun Barrel City12.5 mi away

2%17

Palestine36.3 mi away

1%11

Fort Worth88.1 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%401

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

How far

How far Malakoff commutes

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

27%

18%

17%

38%

27%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Malakoff is balanced between jobs and homes

1.27jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.27 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Malakoff are

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

Jobs based in Malakoff

997 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Malakoff residents hold

786 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+47%

Jobs based in Malakoff, 2013 → 2023: 678 → 997. 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.