Work & commute · Marshall

Work & commute in Marshall, TX

About one in 3 of Marshall’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Longview (12%), Tyler (4%) and Dallas (3%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

2,783 of 8,762 working residents

Typical commute

22 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 5,979 Marshall residents head out of town to work, 2,783 work right here, and 6,288 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marshall.

5,979live here, work elsewhere

2,783live and work here

6,288work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marshall goes to work

Marshall (in town)right here

32%2,783

Longview23.8 mi away

12%1,090

Tyler57.7 mi away

4%322

Dallas141.5 mi away

3%291

Houston199.8 mi away

2%182

Carthage26.8 mi away

2%146

Shreveport, LA33.1 mi away

1%118

Fort Worth175 mi away

1%106

Kilgore31.1 mi away

1%100

Austin253.3 mi away

1%85

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%3,539

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

How far

How far Marshall commutes

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

36%

19%

10%

35%

36%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marshall is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Marshall are

9,071 jobs are based in Marshall. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Marshall’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Marshall

9,071 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Marshall residents hold

8,762 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−13%

Jobs based in Marshall, 2013 → 2023: 10,443 → 9,071. 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.