Are there jobs in your county?
Depends on what you want for a job...
There is a small oil & gas well presence in the area. Many of the non- college educated work in the timber industry which is not doing very well right now. Forestry (state and federal) have a presence in the area. Nacogdoches is a little drive away and is an old collage town. Lufkin and Lufkin Fabricators (they build oil field equipment, pump jacks and semi trailer). There is also a collage in Lufkin.
Other than that it is retail and food service mostly.
There is a business opportunity in that the two area heavy equipment, semi-truck and farm equipment mechanic shop owners are both getting elderly and retiring. That leaves a business need for an equipment and heavy truck mechanic’s shop. There are a lot of long haul truck drivers that live in the area plus farm & ranch and forestry trucks and equipment that need work. You are not going to get rich, but it is a fairly steady decent living.
Beaumont is an hour and a half away and Houston is two and a half hours away. I work refineries and chemical plants during the week staying in a RV trailer and go home on the weekends.
What field do you work in?