Work & commute · Murchison

Work & commute in Murchison, TX

Most working residents leave Murchison for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Athens (21%), Tyler (10%) and Dallas (5%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 197 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 197 Murchison residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Murchison.

197live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

57work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Murchison goes to work

Athens6.6 mi away

21%42

Tyler26.4 mi away

10%20

Dallas68.9 mi away

5%9

Houston173.4 mi away

3%5

Brownsboro8.5 mi away

2%4

Corsicana43.6 mi away

2%4

Austin180.5 mi away

2%3

Fort Worth99.2 mi away

2%3

Malakoff17 mi away

1%2

Addison78.7 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%103

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

How far

How far Murchison commutes

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

31%

24%

37%

31%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Murchison is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Murchison are

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

Jobs based in Murchison

57 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities68%

Services (health, schools, offices…)14%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Murchison residents hold

197 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−80%

Jobs based in Murchison, 2013 → 2023: 285 → 57. 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.