Work & commute · Chandler

Work & commute in Chandler, TX

Most working residents leave Chandler for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Tyler (34%), Brownsboro (6%) and Dallas (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

76 of 1,391 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,315 Chandler residents head out of town to work, 76 work right here, and 730 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chandler.

1,315live here, work elsewhere

76live and work here

730work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chandler goes to work

Tyler9.8 mi away

34%478

Brownsboro8.2 mi away

6%89

Chandler (in town)right here

5%76

Dallas82.5 mi away

5%63

Athens22.1 mi away

3%36

Houston174.3 mi away

3%35

Austin193.3 mi away

1%20

Fort Worth114 mi away

1%18

Irving95 mi away

1%14

Lindale13.5 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%549

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

How far

How far Chandler commutes

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

26%

33%

34%

26%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chandler is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chandler are

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

Jobs based in Chandler

806 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Chandler residents hold

1,391 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+150%

Jobs based in Chandler, 2013 → 2023: 323 → 806. 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.