Work & commute · Myrtle Springs

Work & commute in Myrtle Springs, TX

Most working residents leave Myrtle Springs for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Canton (11%), Tyler (5%) and Dallas (4%). Half commute less than 41 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 296 working residents

Typical commute

41 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 293 Myrtle Springs residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 293 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Myrtle Springs.

293live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

293work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Myrtle Springs goes to work

Canton6.4 mi away

11%33

Tyler42.4 mi away

5%16

Dallas49.7 mi away

4%13

Wills Point7.1 mi away

4%11

Houston198.8 mi away

3%10

Terrell22.2 mi away

3%9

Richardson50.9 mi away

2%7

Athens29.8 mi away

2%5

Forney31.1 mi away

2%5

Fort Worth82.8 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%182

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

How far

How far Myrtle Springs commutes

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

23%

14%

23%

40%

23%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Myrtle Springs is balanced between jobs and homes

1.00jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Myrtle Springs are

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

Jobs based in Myrtle Springs

296 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities47%

Services (health, schools, offices…)3%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Myrtle Springs residents hold

296 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+957%

Jobs based in Myrtle Springs, 2013 → 2023: 28 → 296. 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.