Work & commute · Powderly

Work & commute in Powderly, TX

Most working residents leave Powderly for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Paris (41%), Dallas (3%) and Hugo (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 495 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 482 Powderly residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 212 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Powderly.

482live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

212work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Powderly goes to work

Paris10.1 mi away

41%202

Dallas101.4 mi away

3%14

Hugo, OK14 mi away

3%13

Powderly (in town)right here

3%13

Longview98.7 mi away

2%9

Bonham42.6 mi away

2%8

Sulphur Springs46.5 mi away

1%7

Texarkana85.1 mi away

1%7

Fort Worth128.2 mi away

1%7

Tyler103.7 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%208

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

How far

How far Powderly commutes

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

31%

29%

34%

31%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Powderly is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Powderly are

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

Jobs based in Powderly

225 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Powderly residents hold

495 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+650%

Jobs based in Powderly, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 225. 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.