Work & commute · Milam

Work & commute in Milam, TX

Most working residents leave Milam for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Hemphill (16%), Houston (8%) and Beaumont (5%). Half commute less than 56 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 393 working residents

Typical commute

56 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 375 Milam residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 102 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Milam.

375live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

102work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Milam goes to work

Hemphill8.3 mi away

16%62

Houston149.3 mi away

8%32

Beaumont96.7 mi away

5%18

Milam (in town)right here

5%18

Nacogdoches52.3 mi away

4%17

Center33.2 mi away

3%13

Lufkin56.3 mi away

3%13

San Augustine20 mi away

3%11

Jasper38.4 mi away

2%9

Port Arthur107.2 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%191

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

How far

How far Milam commutes

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

18%

16%

12%

54%

18%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

54%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Milam is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Milam are

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

Jobs based in Milam

120 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Milam residents hold

393 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+329%

Jobs based in Milam, 2013 → 2023: 28 → 120. 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.