Work & commute · Frisco

Work & commute in Frisco, TX

Most working residents leave Frisco for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Dallas (17%), Plano (17%) and Irving (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

15,128 of 110,207 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

38%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 95,079 Frisco residents head out of town to work, 15,128 work right here, and 77,217 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Frisco.

95,079live here, work elsewhere

15,128live and work here

77,217work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Frisco goes to work

Dallas25.2 mi away

17%19,016

Plano8.4 mi away

17%18,456

Frisco (in town)right here

14%15,128

Irving22.3 mi away

6%6,730

Richardson14.3 mi away

4%4,133

Addison13.3 mi away

4%3,892

Fort Worth39.9 mi away

3%3,221

McKinney9.7 mi away

3%3,010

Carrollton12.3 mi away

3%2,795

Farmers Branch16.1 mi away

2%2,231

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%31,595

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

How far

How far Frisco commutes

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

35%

44%

12%

35%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Frisco 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 Frisco are

92,345 jobs are based in Frisco. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Frisco’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Frisco

92,345 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Frisco residents hold

110,207 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+118%

Jobs based in Frisco, 2013 → 2023: 42,361 → 92,345. 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.