Work & commute · Cedar Hill

Work & commute in Cedar Hill, TX

Most working residents leave Cedar Hill for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Dallas (32%), Arlington (7%) and Irving (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,131 of 23,406 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 22,275 Cedar Hill residents head out of town to work, 1,131 work right here, and 10,445 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cedar Hill.

22,275live here, work elsewhere

1,131live and work here

10,445work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cedar Hill goes to work

Dallas18.3 mi away

32%7,479

Arlington12.6 mi away

7%1,575

Irving18.9 mi away

6%1,510

Fort Worth26.5 mi away

5%1,149

Cedar Hill (in town)right here

5%1,131

Grand Prairie7.5 mi away

4%951

Plano34.5 mi away

3%617

Duncanville5 mi away

2%507

Richardson30.5 mi away

2%442

DeSoto5.7 mi away

2%418

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%7,627

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

How far

How far Cedar Hill commutes

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

18%

54%

20%

18%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cedar Hill is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cedar Hill are

11,576 jobs are based in Cedar Hill. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cedar Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cedar Hill

11,576 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Cedar Hill residents hold

23,406 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+5%

Jobs based in Cedar Hill, 2013 → 2023: 11,000 → 11,576. 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.