Work & commute · New London

Work & commute in New London, TX

Most working residents leave New London for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Tyler (14%), Longview (11%) and Kilgore (8%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 329 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 327 New London residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New London.

327live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

29work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New London goes to work

Tyler22.2 mi away

14%47

Longview19.9 mi away

11%36

Kilgore9.7 mi away

8%26

Overton2.5 mi away

7%24

Henderson11 mi away

6%19

Houston173.7 mi away

4%14

Dallas113 mi away

2%8

Shreveport, LA67.8 mi away

1%4

Jacksonville29.1 mi away

1%4

Austin215.3 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%143

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

How far

How far New London commutes

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

14%

45%

31%

14%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New London is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New London are

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

Jobs based in New London

31 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)68%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs New London residents hold

329 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+675%

Jobs based in New London, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 31. 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.