Work & commute · New Boston

Work & commute in New Boston, TX

Most working residents leave New Boston for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Texarkana (19%), Texarkana (4%) and Longview (3%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

235 of 1,492 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 1,257 New Boston residents head out of town to work, 235 work right here, and 1,685 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Boston.

1,257live here, work elsewhere

235live and work here

1,685work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Boston goes to work

Texarkana19.3 mi away

19%277

New Boston (in town)right here

16%235

Texarkana, AR25 mi away

4%63

Longview68 mi away

3%40

Dallas143.4 mi away

3%38

Mount Pleasant38.3 mi away

2%34

Nash16.4 mi away

2%32

Hooks7.7 mi away

1%20

Tyler94.3 mi away

1%19

Fort Worth175.9 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%717

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

How far

How far New Boston commutes

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

24%

31%

10%

34%

24%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Boston is balanced between jobs and homes

1.29jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.29 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in New Boston are

1,920 jobs are based in New Boston. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Boston’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Boston

1,920 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs New Boston residents hold

1,492 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−44%

Jobs based in New Boston, 2013 → 2023: 3,404 → 1,920. 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.