Gallatin has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 4 jobs in Gallatin for 127 working residents. Hardly any stay in Gallatin for work; outside it, Jacksonville is the main destination (20%, 8 miles). The average commute takes 22 minutes each way, next to 27 for Texas and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Gallatin: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 127 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 220 people are in Gallatin on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Out of Gallatin to work: where people go
Where Gallatin clocks in
20% of workers
12% of workers
11% 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.
In Gallatin, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Gallatin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 22 minutes from Gallatin
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gallatin workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 168 commuters (the 15% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Gallatin
About 23% 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.
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 Gallatin: questions
What is the median household income in Gallatin?
$79,432 (±$38,255) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gallatin?
8.6%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gallatin?
22 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gallatin work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jacksonville (20%, 8 mi), Rusk (12%, 7 mi), Tyler (11%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Gallatin without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gallatin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gallatin
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.