East Mountain has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The trip to work takes 34 minutes on average (Texas 27, U.S. 26). East Mountain has 111 jobs; 379 of its residents have a job. 4% of workers have no commute at all, against 14% across Texas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set East Mountain apart
East Mountain and Longview trade workers both ways
Longview is the top workplace for East Mountain residents (28%) and also where the most people who work in East Mountain come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
East Mountain is a place people come home to
There are 111 jobs based in East Mountain, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday East Mountain has about 700 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 379 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
28% of working residents work in Longview
Where East Mountain clocks in
28% of workers
5% 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 daily commute in and out of East Mountain
On a workday 378 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 110 people come in from elsewhere.
About 700 people are in East Mountain on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
How far East Mountain’s workers travel
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
A place that makes things: 28% of East Mountain’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in East Mountain, 2014 → 2024: 39 → 111. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Mountain’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From East Mountain, about 34 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of East Mountain workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 374 commuters (the 4% 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 2024, 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 East Mountain: questions
What is the median household income in East Mountain?
$64,375 (±$27,571) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in East Mountain?
9.6%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from East Mountain?
34 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in East Mountain work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Longview (28%, 7 mi), Kilgore (5%, 13 mi), Tyler (5%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around East Mountain without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from East Mountain, from the people who make the trip.
More of East Mountain
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.