Work & commute · Garland

Work & commute in Garland, TX

Most working residents leave Garland for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Dallas (28%), Richardson (8%) and Plano (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

13,443 of 104,771 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 91,328 Garland residents head out of town to work, 13,443 work right here, and 58,874 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Garland.

91,328live here, work elsewhere

13,443live and work here

58,874work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Garland goes to work

Dallas11.3 mi away

28%29,812

Garland (in town)right here

13%13,443

Richardson6.2 mi away

8%8,537

Plano11.9 mi away

7%7,698

Irving20 mi away

3%3,154

Fort Worth42.6 mi away

3%2,902

Mesquite10.7 mi away

3%2,843

Farmers Branch14.4 mi away

2%2,363

Carrollton16.5 mi away

2%2,285

Addison12.4 mi away

2%2,138

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%29,596

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

How far

How far Garland commutes

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

40%

42%

40%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Garland is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Garland are

72,317 jobs are based in Garland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Garland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Garland

72,317 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Garland residents hold

104,771 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+6%

Jobs based in Garland, 2013 → 2023: 67,985 → 72,317. 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.