Most of New Summerfield commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Only 1% stay in New Summerfield for work; outside it, Tyler is the main destination (14%, 26 miles). 85 jobs are based in New Summerfield for 354 working residents. A typical one-way commute lasts 22 minutes, where Texas has 27 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
New Summerfield at work: what stands out
New Summerfield is a place people come home to
There are 85 jobs based in New Summerfield, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday New Summerfield has about 650 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
New Summerfield’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside New Summerfield is Tyler, 26 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (48) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Commutes from New Summerfield are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas worker. Time on the road ↓
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 354 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How a workday changes New Summerfield
On a workday 350 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 81 people come in from elsewhere.
About 650 people are in New Summerfield on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
Where in the region New Summerfield works
About 29% 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.
The trip to work from New Summerfield: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Summerfield workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 267 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.
The towns that employ New Summerfield’s residents
Where New Summerfield clocks in
14% of workers
6% 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.
Jobs in New Summerfield: what the 85 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Summerfield, 2014 → 2024: 47 → 85. 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 New Summerfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 New Summerfield: questions
What is the median household income in New Summerfield?
$54,716 (±$48,830) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Summerfield?
8.9%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Summerfield?
22 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Summerfield work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tyler (14%, 26 mi), Jacksonville (6%, 9 mi), Houston (6%, 152 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around New Summerfield 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 New Summerfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Summerfield
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.