Work & commute · Van

Work & commute in Van, TX

Most working residents leave Van for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Tyler (13%), Dallas (4%) and Canton (3%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

160 of 1,052 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 892 Van residents head out of town to work, 160 work right here, and 1,087 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Van.

892live here, work elsewhere

160live and work here

1,087work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Van goes to work

Van (in town)right here

15%160

Tyler24 mi away

13%140

Dallas68.3 mi away

4%38

Canton13.3 mi away

3%31

Houston189.8 mi away

3%27

Longview51.1 mi away

3%27

Lindale13.6 mi away

2%18

Ben Wheeler6.5 mi away

2%17

Terrell40.9 mi away

1%13

Grand Saline11.5 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%569

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

How far

How far Van commutes

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

24%

16%

35%

24%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Van is balanced between jobs and homes

1.19jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Van are

1,247 jobs are based in Van. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Van’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Van

1,247 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Van residents hold

1,052 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+40%

Jobs based in Van, 2013 → 2023: 892 → 1,247. 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.