Work & commute · Ore

Work & commute in Ore, TX

Most working residents leave Ore for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Longview (20%), Tyler (5%) and Mount Pleasant (4%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 437 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 422 Ore residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 308 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ore.

422live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

308work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ore goes to work

Longview19.5 mi away

20%89

Tyler47.8 mi away

5%20

Mount Pleasant28.8 mi away

4%17

Gilmer14 mi away

4%16

Ore City (in town)right here

3%15

Houston212 mi away

3%13

Dallas118.9 mi away

3%11

Marshall27.9 mi away

2%8

Austin248.6 mi away

2%7

Fort Worth152.8 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%234

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

How far

How far Ore commutes

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

34%

20%

37%

9%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ore is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ore are

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

Jobs based in Ore

323 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Ore residents hold

437 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+139%

Jobs based in Ore, 2013 → 2023: 135 → 323. 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.