Work & commute · Decatur

Work & commute in Decatur, TX

About one in 5 of Decatur’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Fort Worth (11%), Denton (5%) and Dallas (3%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

657 of 3,159 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 2,502 Decatur residents head out of town to work, 657 work right here, and 6,287 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Decatur.

2,502live here, work elsewhere

657live and work here

6,287work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Decatur goes to work

Decatur (in town)right here

21%657

Fort Worth33.6 mi away

11%356

Denton25.8 mi away

5%166

Dallas56.2 mi away

3%81

Irving43.9 mi away

2%77

Arlington45.1 mi away

2%74

Bridgeport10.9 mi away

2%56

Grapevine35.8 mi away

1%45

Wichita Falls71.7 mi away

1%42

Grand Prairie50.1 mi away

1%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%1,570

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

How far

How far Decatur commutes

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

31%

12%

39%

18%

31%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

39%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Decatur is a job hub

2.20jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Decatur are

6,944 jobs are based in Decatur. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Decatur’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Decatur

6,944 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Decatur residents hold

3,159 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+11%

Jobs based in Decatur, 2013 → 2023: 6,228 → 6,944. 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.