Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Redwater
3% of workers have no commute at all; Texas has 14%. Only 3% stay in Redwater for work; outside it, Texarkana is the main destination (29%, 12 miles). The average commute takes 29 minutes each way (Texas 27, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Redwater: the figures worth knowing
Stores, warehouses and trucking
86% of the jobs in Redwater are in trade, transport and utilities, against 22% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Redwater and Texarkana trade workers both ways
Texarkana is the top workplace for Redwater residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Redwater come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The jobs in Redwater pay better than its residents’ jobs
79% of the jobs based in Redwater pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 53% of the jobs Redwater residents hold. 97% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Redwater. The jobs ↓
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 343 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
79% of the jobs in Redwater pay over $3,333 a month
344 jobs are based in Redwater.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Redwater, 2013 → 2023: 39 → 344. 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 Redwater’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The places Redwater commutes to
Where Redwater clocks in
29% 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.
How a workday changes Redwater
On a workday 333 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 334 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).
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 daily trip from Redwater: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Redwater workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 347 commuters (the 3% 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 Redwater 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 Redwater: questions
What is the median household income in Redwater?
$49,167 (±$25,689) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Redwater?
20.7%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Redwater?
29 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Redwater work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Texarkana (29%, 12 mi), Texarkana (6%, 16 mi), New Boston (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Redwater without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Redwater, from the people who make the trip.
More of Redwater
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.