Work & commute · Union Grove

Work & commute in Union Grove, TX

Most working residents leave Union Grove for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Longview (29%), Kilgore (6%) and Tyler (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 195 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 194 Union Grove residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Union Grove.

194live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

7work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Union Grove goes to work

Longview9.7 mi away

29%57

Kilgore12.7 mi away

6%11

Tyler28.9 mi away

6%11

Dallas108.7 mi away

5%10

Gladewater2.9 mi away

5%9

Gilmer11 mi away

4%8

White Oak4.7 mi away

3%5

Houston194.7 mi away

2%4

Liberty City8.7 mi away

2%4

Plano111.4 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%73

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

How far

How far Union Grove commutes

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

24%

37%

11%

28%

24%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Union Grove is a commuter town

0.04jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Union Grove are

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

Jobs based in Union Grove

8 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)63%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Union Grove residents hold

195 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−81%

Jobs based in Union Grove, 2013 → 2023: 43 → 8. 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.