Work & commute · Garrett

Work & commute in Garrett, TX

Most working residents leave Garrett for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Ennis (25%), Dallas (15%) and Waxahachie (7%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 392 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 392 Garrett residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 71 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Garrett.

392live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

71work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Garrett goes to work

Ennis3.6 mi away

25%97

Dallas29.7 mi away

15%60

Waxahachie11.4 mi away

7%27

Fort Worth49.4 mi away

4%16

Irving38.2 mi away

4%14

Plano47.1 mi away

3%13

Arlington35.6 mi away

3%12

Houston193.8 mi away

3%10

Midlothian20.8 mi away

3%10

Corsicana22.9 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%126

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

How far

How far Garrett commutes

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

28%

18%

37%

16%

28%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Garrett is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Garrett are

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

Jobs based in Garrett

71 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities49%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Garrett residents hold

392 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+1%

Jobs based in Garrett, 2013 → 2023: 70 → 71. 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.