Work & commute · Ferris

Work & commute in Ferris, TX

Most working residents leave Ferris for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Dallas (28%), Fort Worth (6%) and Irving (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

80 of 1,479 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 1,399 Ferris residents head out of town to work, 80 work right here, and 1,160 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ferris.

1,399live here, work elsewhere

80live and work here

1,160work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ferris goes to work

Dallas18.5 mi away

28%420

Fort Worth42.7 mi away

6%92

Ferris (in town)right here

5%80

Irving28 mi away

4%65

Arlington28.5 mi away

3%46

Lancaster7 mi away

3%39

Houston204.7 mi away

3%38

Waxahachie13.5 mi away

3%37

Ennis14.8 mi away

2%34

Hutchins7.6 mi away

2%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%595

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

How far

How far Ferris commutes

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

15%

37%

35%

14%

15%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ferris is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ferris are

1,240 jobs are based in Ferris. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ferris’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ferris

1,240 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Ferris residents hold

1,479 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+13%

Jobs based in Ferris, 2013 → 2023: 1,100 → 1,240. 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.