Work & commute · Timpson

Work & commute in Timpson, TX

Most working residents leave Timpson for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Center (23%), Nacogdoches (9%) and Lufkin (8%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 331 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 313 Timpson residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 354 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Timpson.

313live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

354work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Timpson goes to work

Center15 mi away

23%76

Nacogdoches25.3 mi away

9%29

Lufkin44.8 mi away

8%25

Timpson (in town)right here

5%18

Houston157.9 mi away

4%13

Garrison8 mi away

4%12

Austin227.6 mi away

1%4

Beaumont126.8 mi away

1%4

Hemphill50.4 mi away

1%3

Jasper72.1 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%144

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

How far

How far Timpson commutes

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

17%

33%

16%

34%

17%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Timpson is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Timpson are

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

Jobs based in Timpson

372 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Timpson residents hold

331 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+229%

Jobs based in Timpson, 2013 → 2023: 113 → 372. 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.