Texarkana draws about half of Red Lick’s working residents
For 7% of workers, the job is at home, next to 14% for Texas as a whole. Working residents average 17 minutes each way, next to 27 for Texas and 26 for the U.S. 129 jobs are based in Red Lick for 404 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Red Lick: the figures worth knowing
Nearly half of Red Lick works in Texarkana
191 working residents, 47%, have their main job in Texarkana, 5.1 miles away across the town line. That’s far more as work in Red Lick itself. The commute map ↓
Most Red Lick residents work close to home
62% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Commutes from Red Lick are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 77 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 404 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where people from Red Lick work
Where Red Lick clocks in
47% of workers
10% 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.
Miles to work from Red Lick
About 24% 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.
Getting to work from Red Lick takes about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Red Lick workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 697 commuters (the 7% 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.
How a workday changes Red Lick
On a workday 402 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 127 people come in from elsewhere.
About 650 people are in Red Lick on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
0.32 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Red Lick, 2013 → 2023: 28 → 129. 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 Red Lick’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns next door employ 47% of Red Lick
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Texarkana. Darker towns draw more of Red Lick’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Red Lick: questions
What is the median household income in Red Lick?
$136,250 (±$39,322) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Red Lick?
3.9%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Red Lick?
17 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Red Lick work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Texarkana (47%, 5 mi), Texarkana (10%, 11 mi), Nash (3%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Red Lick without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Red Lick, from the people who make the trip.
More of Red Lick
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.