Work & commute · Rusk

Work & commute in Rusk, TX

About one in 5 of Rusk’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Jacksonville (10%), Houston (6%) and Tyler (5%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

354 of 1,663 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,309 Rusk residents head out of town to work, 354 work right here, and 2,190 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rusk.

1,309live here, work elsewhere

354live and work here

2,190work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rusk goes to work

Rusk (in town)right here

21%354

Jacksonville13.1 mi away

10%166

Houston139.7 mi away

6%104

Tyler37.1 mi away

5%87

Lufkin41.1 mi away

2%36

Nacogdoches31.9 mi away

2%35

Longview54.8 mi away

2%35

Palestine29.4 mi away

2%27

Dallas116.9 mi away

2%26

Austin185.8 mi away

2%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%768

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

How far

How far Rusk commutes

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

26%

14%

20%

40%

26%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rusk is a job hub

1.53jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rusk are

2,544 jobs are based in Rusk. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rusk’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rusk

2,544 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Rusk residents hold

1,663 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−8%

Jobs based in Rusk, 2013 → 2023: 2,755 → 2,544. 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.