Photo: Nsaum75 · CC BY-SA 4.0Redland has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Redland has 66 jobs; 422 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Redland; the top destination outside it is Lufkin (37%, 6 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; Texas has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Redland apart on work
Redland is a place people come home to
There are 66 jobs based in Redland, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Redland has about 510 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Redland workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 44 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 337 hours of commuting, 130 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
37% of Redland works in Lufkin
158 working residents, 37%, have their main job in Lufkin, 5.8 miles away. That’s far more as work in Redland itself. The commute map ↓
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 422 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who works in Redland, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 421 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 65 people come in from elsewhere.
About 510 people are in Redland on a workday afternoon, 41% 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.
From Redland, about 44 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Redland workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 235 commuters (the 0% 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.
Where the trip to work from Redland ends
Where Redland clocks in
37% of workers
4% 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 Redland: what the 66 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Redland, 2013 → 2023: 139 → 66. 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 Redland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Redland
About 35% 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 Redland: questions
What is the poverty rate in Redland?
31.2%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Redland?
44 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Redland work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lufkin (37%, 6 mi), Nacogdoches (7%, 15 mi), Diboll (4%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Redland 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 Redland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Redland
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.