Work & commute · Quitman

Work & commute in Quitman, TX

Most working residents leave Quitman for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Tyler (7%), Mineola (6%) and Sulphur Springs (3%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

103 of 761 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 658 Quitman residents head out of town to work, 103 work right here, and 1,113 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Quitman.

658live here, work elsewhere

103live and work here

1,113work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Quitman goes to work

Quitman (in town)right here

14%103

Tyler33.9 mi away

7%56

Mineola10.1 mi away

6%44

Sulphur Springs26 mi away

3%26

Winnsboro14.4 mi away

3%23

Dallas76.7 mi away

3%21

Houston207.9 mi away

2%18

Longview44.1 mi away

2%17

Emory19.4 mi away

2%12

Greenville44.4 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%432

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

How far

How far Quitman commutes

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

26%

12%

27%

35%

26%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Quitman is a job hub

1.60jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Quitman are

1,216 jobs are based in Quitman. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Quitman’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Quitman

1,216 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Quitman residents hold

761 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+18%

Jobs based in Quitman, 2013 → 2023: 1,028 → 1,216. 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.