Work & commute · Texarkana

Work & commute in Texarkana, TX

43% of Texarkana’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Texarkana (11%), Nash (3%) and Dallas (2%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43%

5,852 of 13,656 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 7,804 Texarkana residents head out of town to work, 5,852 work right here, and 19,495 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Texarkana.

7,804live here, work elsewhere

5,852live and work here

19,495work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Texarkana goes to work

Texarkana (in town)right here

43%5,852

Texarkana, AR5.7 mi away

11%1,526

Nash2.9 mi away

3%366

Dallas161.6 mi away

2%301

Longview75.2 mi away

2%251

Mount Pleasant55.2 mi away

2%219

New Boston19.3 mi away

1%151

Tyler105.5 mi away

1%147

Wake Village3 mi away

1%137

Houston264.5 mi away

1%136

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%4,570

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

How far

How far Texarkana commutes

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

63%

30%

63%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Texarkana is a job hub

1.86jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Texarkana are

25,347 jobs are based in Texarkana. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Texarkana’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Texarkana

25,347 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Texarkana residents hold

13,656 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−6%

Jobs based in Texarkana, 2013 → 2023: 27,071 → 25,347. 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.