Work & commute · Overton

Work & commute in Overton, TX

Most working residents leave Overton for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Tyler (15%), Kilgore (10%) and Longview (10%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

54 of 846 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 792 Overton residents head out of town to work, 54 work right here, and 746 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Overton.

792live here, work elsewhere

54live and work here

746work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Overton goes to work

Tyler19.7 mi away

15%124

Kilgore10.6 mi away

10%82

Longview20.9 mi away

10%82

Overton (in town)right here

6%54

Henderson13.2 mi away

6%47

Houston173.8 mi away

5%39

Dallas110.4 mi away

2%13

Jacksonville27.8 mi away

1%10

Troup12.5 mi away

1%9

Fort Worth142.8 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%377

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

How far

How far Overton commutes

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

13%

50%

30%

13%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Overton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Overton are

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

Jobs based in Overton

800 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Overton residents hold

846 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−37%

Jobs based in Overton, 2013 → 2023: 1,278 → 800. 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.