Work & commute · Elmo

Work & commute in Elmo, TX

Most working residents leave Elmo for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Dallas (18%), Terrell (12%) and Fort Worth (4%). Half commute less than 38 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 417 working residents

Typical commute

38 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 416 Elmo residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elmo.

416live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

44work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elmo goes to work

Dallas35.9 mi away

18%77

Terrell8.5 mi away

12%48

Fort Worth69.5 mi away

4%15

Wills Point8.8 mi away

3%12

Irving48.1 mi away

3%12

McKinney43.5 mi away

3%11

Carrollton46.7 mi away

2%10

Plano40.7 mi away

2%10

Forney17.4 mi away

2%9

Rockwall20.6 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%205

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

How far

How far Elmo commutes

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

15%

16%

45%

24%

15%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

45%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elmo is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elmo are

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

Jobs based in Elmo

45 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities73%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Elmo residents hold

417 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+88%

Jobs based in Elmo, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 45. 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.