Work & commute · Arlington

Work & commute in Arlington, TX

About one in 5 of Arlington’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Fort Worth (15%), Dallas (14%) and Irving (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

38,568 of 177,406 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 138,838 Arlington residents head out of town to work, 38,568 work right here, and 132,411 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Arlington.

138,838live here, work elsewhere

38,568live and work here

132,411work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Arlington goes to work

Arlington (in town)right here

22%38,568

Fort Worth14.2 mi away

15%27,048

Dallas21.8 mi away

14%24,188

Irving14.1 mi away

6%11,500

Grand Prairie6.2 mi away

6%10,417

Mansfield9.1 mi away

3%5,172

Grapevine16.4 mi away

3%4,573

Plano32.6 mi away

2%3,044

Houston226 mi away

1%2,461

Austin170.1 mi away

1%2,235

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%48,200

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

How far

How far Arlington commutes

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

37%

44%

10%

37%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Arlington is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Arlington are

170,979 jobs are based in Arlington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Arlington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Arlington

170,979 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Arlington residents hold

177,406 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+17%

Jobs based in Arlington, 2013 → 2023: 146,009 → 170,979. 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.