With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Easton works elsewhere
Working from home is the commute for 2% of workers, where Texas as a whole has 14%. Employers in Easton report 5 jobs for 202 working residents. Hardly any work in Easton; the top destination outside it is Longview (34%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Easton at work: what stands out
Easton is a place people come home to
There are 5 jobs based in Easton, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Easton has about 310 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
One in three of Easton works in Longview
69 working residents, 34%, have their main job in Longview, 14 miles away. That’s far more as work in Easton itself. The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 202 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily commute in and out of Easton
On a workday 202 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 310 people are in Easton on a workday afternoon, 39% 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 2023, primary jobs.
The places Easton commutes to
Where Easton clocks in
34% of workers
7% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Easton
About 31% 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.
Jobs in Easton: what the 5 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Easton, 2013 → 2023: 57 → 5. 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 Easton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Easton spends getting to work: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Easton workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 158 commuters (the 2% 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 Easton: questions
What is the median household income in Easton?
$30,833 (±$22,025) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Easton?
42.4%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Easton?
19 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Easton work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Longview (34%, 14 mi), Kilgore (7%, 16 mi), Marshall (3%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Easton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Easton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Easton
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.