Work & commute · Cockrell Hill

Work & commute in Cockrell Hill, TX

Most working residents leave Cockrell Hill for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Dallas (45%), Irving (9%) and Fort Worth (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38 of 1,311 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,273 Cockrell Hill residents head out of town to work, 38 work right here, and 2,480 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cockrell Hill.

1,273live here, work elsewhere

38live and work here

2,480work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cockrell Hill goes to work

Dallas8.1 mi away

45%585

Irving9.5 mi away

9%118

Fort Worth26.9 mi away

3%41

Grand Prairie8.7 mi away

3%39

Cockrell Hill (in town)right here

3%38

Arlington14 mi away

3%36

Austin176.1 mi away

3%33

Farmers Branch13.1 mi away

2%26

Addison15.9 mi away

2%25

Plano23.1 mi away

2%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%345

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

How far

How far Cockrell Hill commutes

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

49%

35%

49%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cockrell Hill is a job hub

1.92jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Cockrell Hill are

2,518 jobs are based in Cockrell Hill. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cockrell Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cockrell Hill

2,518 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities75%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Cockrell Hill residents hold

1,311 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+86%

Jobs based in Cockrell Hill, 2013 → 2023: 1,354 → 2,518. 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.