Work & commute · Commerce

Work & commute in Commerce, TX

About one in 4 of Commerce’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Greenville (10%), Dallas (9%) and Sulphur Springs (3%). Half commute less than 42 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

860 of 3,556 working residents

Typical commute

42 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 2,696 Commerce residents head out of town to work, 860 work right here, and 3,401 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Commerce.

2,696live here, work elsewhere

860live and work here

3,401work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Commerce goes to work

Commerce (in town)right here

24%860

Greenville15.1 mi away

10%367

Dallas59 mi away

9%323

Sulphur Springs17.8 mi away

3%100

Plano50.8 mi away

3%91

Fort Worth89.8 mi away

3%90

Irving67.4 mi away

2%78

Rockwall38.4 mi away

2%64

Frisco53.7 mi away

1%52

Garland48.1 mi away

1%52

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%1,479

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

How far

How far Commerce commutes

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

26%

16%

15%

44%

26%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

44%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Commerce is balanced between jobs and homes

1.20jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.20 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Commerce are

4,261 jobs are based in Commerce. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Commerce’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Commerce

4,261 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Commerce residents hold

3,556 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−3%

Jobs based in Commerce, 2013 → 2023: 4,371 → 4,261. 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.