Work & commute · Gainesville

Work & commute in Gainesville, TX

About one in 4 of Gainesville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Denton (6%), Dallas (6%) and Fort Worth (2%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

2,113 of 7,504 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,391 Gainesville residents head out of town to work, 2,113 work right here, and 7,168 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gainesville.

5,391live here, work elsewhere

2,113live and work here

7,168work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gainesville goes to work

Gainesville (in town)right here

28%2,113

Denton29.1 mi away

6%484

Dallas62.4 mi away

6%480

Fort Worth60.3 mi away

2%172

Plano46.7 mi away

2%162

Sherman30.1 mi away

2%143

Lewisville41.9 mi away

2%120

Sanger17.9 mi away

1%106

Irving54.9 mi away

1%100

Richardson52.6 mi away

1%98

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%3,526

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

How far

How far Gainesville commutes

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

35%

28%

30%

35%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gainesville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.24jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Gainesville are

9,281 jobs are based in Gainesville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gainesville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gainesville

9,281 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Gainesville residents hold

7,504 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−25%

Jobs based in Gainesville, 2013 → 2023: 12,359 → 9,281. 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.