Work & commute · Forney

Work & commute in Forney, TX

Most working residents leave Forney for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Dallas (32%), Mesquite (6%) and Garland (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

634 of 14,070 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13,436 Forney residents head out of town to work, 634 work right here, and 7,215 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Forney.

13,436live here, work elsewhere

634live and work here

7,215work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Forney goes to work

Dallas18.6 mi away

32%4,451

Mesquite7.7 mi away

6%870

Forney (in town)right here

5%634

Garland15.5 mi away

4%577

Richardson21.7 mi away

4%512

Plano27.3 mi away

3%447

Irving31 mi away

3%413

Fort Worth52.1 mi away

3%356

Rockwall12.2 mi away

2%351

Terrell9.1 mi away

2%316

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%5,143

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

How far

How far Forney commutes

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

14%

48%

25%

13%

14%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Forney is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Forney are

7,849 jobs are based in Forney. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Forney’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Forney

7,849 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Forney residents hold

14,070 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+114%

Jobs based in Forney, 2013 → 2023: 3,667 → 7,849. 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.