Work & commute · DISH

Work & commute in DISH, TX

Most working residents leave DISH for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Dallas (12%), Fort Worth (12%) and Denton (11%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 276 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 276 DISH residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 112 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in DISH.

276live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

112work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where DISH goes to work

Dallas39 mi away

12%32

Fort Worth24.1 mi away

12%32

Denton11.4 mi away

11%30

Irving27.1 mi away

5%14

Justin2.8 mi away

4%10

Plano32.9 mi away

3%9

Southlake15.2 mi away

3%8

Carrollton25.5 mi away

3%7

Grapevine19 mi away

3%7

Austin197.3 mi away

3%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%120

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

How far

How far DISH commutes

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

20%

38%

36%

20%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

DISH is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in DISH are

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

Jobs based in DISH

112 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)79%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)13%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs DISH residents hold

276 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+155%

Jobs based in DISH, 2013 → 2023: 44 → 112. 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.