Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Lone Oak has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Hardly any stay in Lone Oak for work; outside it, Greenville is the main destination (23%, 13 miles). 60 jobs are based in Lone Oak for 275 working residents. Commuters spend 40 minutes getting to work on average, 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
Lone Oak at work: what stands out
Lone Oak and Greenville trade workers both ways
Greenville is the top workplace for Lone Oak residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Lone Oak come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Lone Oak is a place people come home to
There are 60 jobs based in Lone Oak, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lone Oak has about 600 people in it, 26% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Lone Oak workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 40 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 307 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 275 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where people from Lone Oak work
Where Lone Oak clocks in
23% of workers
6% 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.
A workday in Lone Oak: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 273 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere.
About 600 people are in Lone Oak on a workday afternoon, 26% 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 trip to work from Lone Oak: about 40 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lone Oak workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 216 commuters (the 10% 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.
Making and building: 33% of jobs based in Lone Oak
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lone Oak, 2013 → 2023: 50 → 60. 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 Lone Oak’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Lone Oak goes to work
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.
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 Lone Oak: questions
What is the median household income in Lone Oak?
$65,500 (±$10,558) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lone Oak?
7.6%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lone Oak?
40 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lone Oak work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenville (23%, 13 mi), Dallas (10%, 50 mi), Commerce (6%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lone Oak without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lone Oak, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lone Oak
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.