Work & commute · Fate

Work & commute in Fate, TX

Most working residents leave Fate for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Dallas (24%), Rockwall (10%) and Richardson (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

180 of 10,642 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 10,462 Fate residents head out of town to work, 180 work right here, and 1,477 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fate.

10,462live here, work elsewhere

180live and work here

1,477work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fate goes to work

Dallas24.7 mi away

24%2,502

Rockwall3.8 mi away

10%1,113

Richardson18.9 mi away

5%505

Garland14.6 mi away

5%503

Plano22.3 mi away

4%415

Greenville19.4 mi away

4%413

Irving34.6 mi away

3%308

Mesquite17.5 mi away

3%293

Fort Worth57.2 mi away

2%255

Royse City4.1 mi away

2%236

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%4,099

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

How far

How far Fate commutes

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

17%

35%

34%

13%

17%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fate is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fate are

1,657 jobs are based in Fate. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fate’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fate

1,657 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Fate residents hold

10,642 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+332%

Jobs based in Fate, 2013 → 2023: 384 → 1,657. 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.