Work & commute · Anna

Work & commute in Anna, TX

Most working residents leave Anna for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Dallas (15%), McKinney (13%) and Plano (12%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

238 of 10,850 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,612 Anna residents head out of town to work, 238 work right here, and 1,543 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Anna.

10,612live here, work elsewhere

238live and work here

1,543work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Anna goes to work

Dallas40.3 mi away

15%1,616

McKinney12 mi away

13%1,362

Plano23.4 mi away

12%1,322

Frisco20.5 mi away

5%575

Richardson27.5 mi away

5%539

Allen18.1 mi away

4%460

Irving41.6 mi away

4%408

Anna (in town)right here

2%238

Sherman19.8 mi away

2%230

Fort Worth60.4 mi away

2%216

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%3,884

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Anna commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

34%

46%

12%

9%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

46%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Anna is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.16 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Anna are

1,781 jobs are based in Anna. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Anna’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Anna

1,781 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Anna residents hold

10,850 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+323%

Jobs based in Anna, 2013 → 2023: 421 → 1,781. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.