Making a living in Beckville
There are 223 jobs in Beckville, and 290 of its residents work somewhere. Only 4% work in Beckville; the top destination outside it is Carthage (18%, 9 miles). At 27 minutes each way, commutes from Beckville run about the Texas average.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Beckville: the figures worth knowing
Beckville and Carthage trade workers both ways
Carthage is the top workplace for Beckville residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Beckville come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Beckville than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Beckville fell from 343 in 2013 to 223 in 2023, −35%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 290 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where the trip to work from Beckville ends
Where Beckville clocks in
18% of workers
9% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The commute from Beckville, by distance
About 33% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most jobs in Beckville are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Beckville, 2013 → 2023: 343 → 223. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Beckville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Beckville
On a workday 279 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 212 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 27 minutes each way, about the TX average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Beckville workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 248 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Beckville: questions
What is the median household income in Beckville?
$48,125 (±$27,356) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Beckville?
9.4%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Beckville?
27 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Beckville work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Carthage (18%, 9 mi), Longview (9%, 26 mi), Houston (5%, 179 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Beckville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Beckville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Beckville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.