Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0Neches has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The average commute takes 49 minutes each way, where Texas has 27 and the U.S. 26. 7 jobs are based in Neches; 85 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Neches; the top destination outside it is Palestine (21%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Neches
On a workday 85 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 270 people are in Neches on a workday afternoon, 22% 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 Neches to work: where people go
Where Neches clocks in
21% of workers
9% of workers
9% 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.
Jobs in Neches: what the 7 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Neches, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 7. 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 Neches’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Neches: about 49 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 15.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Neches workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 119 commuters (the 19% 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.
The distance from Neches to work
About 39% 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 Neches: questions
What is the median household income in Neches?
$82,143 (±$50,120) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Neches?
8.5%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Neches?
49 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Neches work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Palestine (21%, 12 mi), Frankston (9%, 13 mi), Tyler (9%, 33 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Neches without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Neches, from the people who make the trip.
More of Neches
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.