Work & commute · San Augustine

Work & commute in San Augustine, TX

Most working residents leave San Augustine for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Center (10%), Nacogdoches (7%) and Houston (6%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

117 of 644 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 527 San Augustine residents head out of town to work, 117 work right here, and 807 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in San Augustine.

527live here, work elsewhere

117live and work here

807work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where San Augustine goes to work

San Augustine (in town)right here

18%117

Center18.6 mi away

10%64

Nacogdoches32.4 mi away

7%47

Houston142.4 mi away

6%38

Lufkin39.1 mi away

5%35

Beaumont99.9 mi away

3%17

Pineland21.1 mi away

2%12

Austin232.1 mi away

2%12

Port Arthur113.3 mi away

2%11

Hudson42.3 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%283

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

How far

How far San Augustine commutes

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

29%

17%

20%

34%

29%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

San Augustine is balanced between jobs and homes

1.43jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.43 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in San Augustine are

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

Jobs based in San Augustine

924 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs San Augustine residents hold

644 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−2%

Jobs based in San Augustine, 2013 → 2023: 946 → 924. 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.