Work & commute · Mineola

Work & commute in Mineola, TX

Most working residents leave Mineola for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Tyler (12%), Dallas (3%) and Quitman (3%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

351 of 1,830 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,479 Mineola residents head out of town to work, 351 work right here, and 2,068 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mineola.

1,479live here, work elsewhere

351live and work here

2,068work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mineola goes to work

Mineola (in town)right here

19%351

Tyler25.2 mi away

12%226

Dallas75.3 mi away

3%64

Quitman10.1 mi away

3%48

Houston198.1 mi away

2%45

Lindale11.7 mi away

2%36

Longview42.9 mi away

2%34

Grand Saline13.5 mi away

2%28

Fort Worth108.9 mi away

1%27

Winnsboro23.8 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%953

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

How far

How far Mineola commutes

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

26%

20%

22%

32%

26%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mineola is balanced between jobs and homes

1.32jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.32 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mineola are

2,419 jobs are based in Mineola. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mineola’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mineola

2,419 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Mineola residents hold

1,830 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+24%

Jobs based in Mineola, 2013 → 2023: 1,950 → 2,419. 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.