Work & commute · Celina

Work & commute in Celina, TX

Most working residents leave Celina for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Dallas (16%), Plano (14%) and Frisco (9%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

429 of 11,709 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

36%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,280 Celina residents head out of town to work, 429 work right here, and 2,569 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Celina.

11,280live here, work elsewhere

429live and work here

2,569work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Celina goes to work

Dallas36.7 mi away

16%1,914

Plano19 mi away

14%1,639

Frisco11.7 mi away

9%1,092

Prosper5.7 mi away

6%685

Irving33.7 mi away

6%647

McKinney11.3 mi away

5%588

Celina (in town)right here

4%429

Richardson24.8 mi away

3%368

Addison24.9 mi away

3%305

Carrollton23.9 mi away

2%278

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%3,764

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

How far

How far Celina commutes

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

16%

44%

31%

16%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Celina is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Celina are

2,998 jobs are based in Celina. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Celina’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Celina

2,998 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Celina residents hold

11,709 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+175%

Jobs based in Celina, 2013 → 2023: 1,090 → 2,998. 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.