Work & commute · Nacogdoches

Work & commute in Nacogdoches, TX

42% of Nacogdoches’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Lufkin (9%), Houston (6%) and Center (2%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42%

4,699 of 11,156 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 6,457 Nacogdoches residents head out of town to work, 4,699 work right here, and 13,105 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nacogdoches.

6,457live here, work elsewhere

4,699live and work here

13,105work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nacogdoches goes to work

Nacogdoches (in town)right here

42%4,699

Lufkin20.5 mi away

9%1,008

Houston133.6 mi away

6%677

Center30.4 mi away

2%260

Dallas148.1 mi away

2%199

Tyler62 mi away

2%170

Austin205 mi away

1%141

Longview63.1 mi away

1%100

Hudson21.7 mi away

1%75

Beaumont109.7 mi away

1%72

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%3,755

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

How far

How far Nacogdoches commutes

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

45%

12%

37%

45%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nacogdoches is a job hub

1.60jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Nacogdoches are

17,804 jobs are based in Nacogdoches. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Nacogdoches’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Nacogdoches

17,804 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Nacogdoches residents hold

11,156 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−6%

Jobs based in Nacogdoches, 2013 → 2023: 18,854 → 17,804. 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.