Work & commute · Carrollton

Work & commute in Carrollton, TX

Most working residents leave Carrollton for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Dallas (23%), Plano (9%) and Irving (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

7,572 of 71,701 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 64,129 Carrollton residents head out of town to work, 7,572 work right here, and 80,728 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carrollton.

64,129live here, work elsewhere

7,572live and work here

80,728work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carrollton goes to work

Dallas15.6 mi away

23%16,517

Carrollton (in town)right here

11%7,572

Plano9.8 mi away

9%6,573

Irving9.9 mi away

7%5,198

Farmers Branch4.4 mi away

4%3,057

Lewisville6 mi away

4%2,611

Fort Worth29.7 mi away

4%2,570

Addison4.2 mi away

4%2,514

Richardson11.2 mi away

3%2,494

Frisco12.3 mi away

3%1,998

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%20,597

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

How far

How far Carrollton commutes

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

49%

38%

49%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carrollton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.23jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.23 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Carrollton are

88,300 jobs are based in Carrollton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Carrollton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Carrollton

88,300 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Carrollton residents hold

71,701 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+20%

Jobs based in Carrollton, 2013 → 2023: 73,705 → 88,300. 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.