Work & commute · DeSoto

Work & commute in DeSoto, TX

Most working residents leave DeSoto for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Dallas (35%), Irving (6%) and Arlington (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,281 of 26,000 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 24,719 DeSoto residents head out of town to work, 1,281 work right here, and 13,397 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in DeSoto.

24,719live here, work elsewhere

1,281live and work here

13,397work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where DeSoto goes to work

Dallas14.5 mi away

35%9,103

Irving18.9 mi away

6%1,552

Arlington16.8 mi away

5%1,355

DeSoto (in town)right here

5%1,281

Fort Worth30.9 mi away

4%1,114

Plano31.9 mi away

3%741

Grand Prairie10.7 mi away

3%731

Richardson27.3 mi away

2%613

Lancaster5.2 mi away

2%478

Duncanville4.4 mi away

2%475

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%8,557

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

How far

How far DeSoto commutes

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

18%

54%

20%

18%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

DeSoto is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in DeSoto are

14,678 jobs are based in DeSoto. Here is what they are, next to the jobs DeSoto’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in DeSoto

14,678 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs DeSoto residents hold

26,000 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+19%

Jobs based in DeSoto, 2013 → 2023: 12,305 → 14,678. 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.