Work & commute · Balch Springs

Work & commute in Balch Springs, TX

Most working residents leave Balch Springs for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Dallas (34%), Mesquite (9%) and Garland (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

319 of 10,399 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,080 Balch Springs residents head out of town to work, 319 work right here, and 6,418 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Balch Springs.

10,080live here, work elsewhere

319live and work here

6,418work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Balch Springs goes to work

Dallas10.2 mi away

34%3,488

Mesquite3.7 mi away

9%928

Garland13.6 mi away

4%415

Irving22.7 mi away

4%367

Fort Worth42.7 mi away

4%366

Plano24.5 mi away

3%350

Richardson18.6 mi away

3%321

Balch Springs (in town)right here

3%319

Arlington29.5 mi away

2%215

Farmers Branch21.1 mi away

2%208

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%3,422

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

How far

How far Balch Springs commutes

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

21%

51%

18%

10%

21%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Balch Springs is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Balch Springs are

6,737 jobs are based in Balch Springs. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Balch Springs’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Balch Springs

6,737 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities49%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Balch Springs residents hold

10,399 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+63%

Jobs based in Balch Springs, 2013 → 2023: 4,141 → 6,737. 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.