Work & commute · Bonham

Work & commute in Bonham, TX

About one in 5 of Bonham’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Dallas (10%), Sherman (5%) and McKinney (3%). Half commute less than 45 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

874 of 3,986 working residents

Typical commute

45 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 3,112 Bonham residents head out of town to work, 874 work right here, and 3,798 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bonham.

3,112live here, work elsewhere

874live and work here

3,798work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bonham goes to work

Bonham (in town)right here

22%874

Dallas64.2 mi away

10%385

Sherman25.2 mi away

5%201

McKinney38.2 mi away

3%131

Plano49.2 mi away

3%116

Fort Worth87.1 mi away

3%101

Denison25.6 mi away

2%93

Richardson52 mi away

2%73

Irving67.6 mi away

2%72

Garland53.3 mi away

1%56

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%1,884

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

How far

How far Bonham commutes

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

27%

19%

46%

27%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

46%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bonham is balanced between jobs and homes

1.17jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.17 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bonham are

4,672 jobs are based in Bonham. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bonham’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bonham

4,672 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Bonham residents hold

3,986 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+25%

Jobs based in Bonham, 2013 → 2023: 3,735 → 4,672. 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.