Work & commute · Palestine

Work & commute in Palestine, TX

About one in 3 of Palestine’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Tyler (6%), Dallas (4%) and Houston (3%). Half commute less than 40 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34%

2,275 of 6,789 working residents

Typical commute

40 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 4,514 Palestine residents head out of town to work, 2,275 work right here, and 6,641 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Palestine.

4,514live here, work elsewhere

2,275live and work here

6,641work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Palestine goes to work

Palestine (in town)right here

34%2,275

Tyler43.7 mi away

6%386

Dallas97.1 mi away

4%299

Houston136.9 mi away

3%193

Elkhart9.4 mi away

2%143

Austin160.3 mi away

2%122

Jacksonville26.5 mi away

2%110

Fort Worth122.2 mi away

2%106

Athens32.8 mi away

1%91

Longview74.1 mi away

1%68

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%2,996

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

How far

How far Palestine commutes

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

38%

14%

43%

38%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

43%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Palestine is balanced between jobs and homes

1.31jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Palestine are

8,916 jobs are based in Palestine. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Palestine’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Palestine

8,916 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Palestine residents hold

6,789 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−2%

Jobs based in Palestine, 2013 → 2023: 9,096 → 8,916. 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.