Work & commute · Fresno

Work & commute in Fresno, TX

Most working residents leave Fresno for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (53%), Sugar Land (7%) and Pearland (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

47 of 11,268 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,221 Fresno residents head out of town to work, 47 work right here, and 475 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fresno.

11,221live here, work elsewhere

47live and work here

475work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fresno goes to work

Houston17.8 mi away

53%5,985

Sugar Land10.6 mi away

7%799

Pearland8.8 mi away

3%317

Missouri City4.4 mi away

3%315

Stafford8.4 mi away

2%222

Austin146.6 mi away

2%212

Dallas237.7 mi away

1%144

San Antonio183.8 mi away

1%130

Alvin16.6 mi away

1%129

Rosenberg21.3 mi away

1%81

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%2,934

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

How far

How far Fresno commutes

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

16%

57%

13%

14%

16%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fresno is a commuter town

0.05jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fresno are

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

Jobs based in Fresno

522 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Fresno residents hold

11,268 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−11%

Jobs based in Fresno, 2013 → 2023: 589 → 522. 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.