Work & commute · Farmers Branch

Work & commute in Farmers Branch, TX

Most working residents leave Farmers Branch for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Dallas (31%), Irving (9%) and Carrollton (7%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,581 of 20,436 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 18,855 Farmers Branch residents head out of town to work, 1,581 work right here, and 76,816 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Farmers Branch.

18,855live here, work elsewhere

1,581live and work here

76,816work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Farmers Branch goes to work

Dallas11.3 mi away

31%6,309

Irving7.2 mi away

9%1,915

Farmers Branch (in town)right here

8%1,581

Carrollton4.4 mi away

7%1,528

Plano11.4 mi away

6%1,231

Addison3.6 mi away

4%810

Richardson10.4 mi away

3%642

Fort Worth29.1 mi away

3%571

Grapevine11.5 mi away

2%398

Coppell6.9 mi away

2%397

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%5,054

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

How far

How far Farmers Branch commutes

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

58%

32%

58%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Farmers Branch is a job hub

3.84jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Farmers Branch are

78,397 jobs are based in Farmers Branch. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Farmers Branch’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Farmers Branch

78,397 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Farmers Branch residents hold

20,436 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+42%

Jobs based in Farmers Branch, 2013 → 2023: 55,328 → 78,397. 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.