Work & commute · Star Harbor

Work & commute in Star Harbor, TX

Most working residents leave Star Harbor for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Athens (14%), Malakoff (13%) and Dallas (5%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 154 working residents

Typical commute

39 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

49 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 153 Star Harbor residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Star Harbor.

153live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

2work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Star Harbor goes to work

Athens13.2 mi away

14%21

Malakoff2.5 mi away

13%20

Dallas58.6 mi away

5%8

Tyler44.7 mi away

5%8

Mabank12.7 mi away

3%5

Corsicana25.2 mi away

3%5

Houston171 mi away

3%5

Palestine38.7 mi away

2%3

Richardson65.8 mi away

2%3

Austin164.9 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%73

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

How far

How far Star Harbor commutes

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

21%

18%

39%

21%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Star Harbor is a commuter town

0.02jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Star Harbor are

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

Jobs based in Star Harbor

3 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)67%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month67%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Star Harbor residents hold

154 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+200%

Jobs based in Star Harbor, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 3. 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.