Work & commute · Tenaha

Work & commute in Tenaha, TX

Most working residents leave Tenaha for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Center (21%), Joaquin (7%) and Houston (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 257 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 251 Tenaha residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 71 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tenaha.

251live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

71work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tenaha goes to work

Center11.1 mi away

21%55

Joaquin11.7 mi away

7%19

Houston163.8 mi away

5%14

Mansfield, LA32.6 mi away

4%9

Nacogdoches33.1 mi away

3%8

San Augustine29.7 mi away

3%7

Timpson9.2 mi away

2%6

Tenaha (in town)right here

2%6

Lufkin51.5 mi away

2%6

Hudson53.6 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%122

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

How far

How far Tenaha commutes

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

19%

32%

13%

35%

19%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tenaha is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tenaha are

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

Jobs based in Tenaha

77 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities48%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Tenaha residents hold

257 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−51%

Jobs based in Tenaha, 2013 → 2023: 157 → 77. 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.