Work & commute · Ennis

Work & commute in Ennis, TX

About one in 4 of Ennis’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Dallas (14%), Waxahachie (6%) and Fort Worth (5%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

2,433 of 10,028 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 7,595 Ennis residents head out of town to work, 2,433 work right here, and 7,913 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ennis.

7,595live here, work elsewhere

2,433live and work here

7,913work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ennis goes to work

Ennis (in town)right here

24%2,433

Dallas33.3 mi away

14%1,355

Waxahachie13.4 mi away

6%603

Fort Worth52.2 mi away

5%512

Irving41.7 mi away

3%273

Arlington38.6 mi away

3%272

Corsicana19.4 mi away

2%228

Houston190.3 mi away

2%198

Plano50.6 mi away

2%192

Austin154.8 mi away

1%135

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%3,827

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

How far

How far Ennis commutes

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

27%

16%

35%

22%

27%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ennis is balanced between jobs and homes

1.03jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ennis are

10,346 jobs are based in Ennis. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ennis’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ennis

10,346 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Ennis residents hold

10,028 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+32%

Jobs based in Ennis, 2013 → 2023: 7,826 → 10,346. 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.