Work & commute · Grays Prairie

Work & commute in Grays Prairie, TX

Most working residents leave Grays Prairie for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Dallas (24%), Kaufman (9%) and Terrell (6%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 145 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

59 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 145 Grays Prairie residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grays Prairie.

145live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

15work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grays Prairie goes to work

Dallas32.8 mi away

24%35

Kaufman7.5 mi away

9%13

Terrell17.7 mi away

6%8

Fort Worth61.9 mi away

4%6

Irving44.7 mi away

4%6

Houston194.2 mi away

3%5

Forney19.5 mi away

3%4

Rockwall31.1 mi away

3%4

Ennis19.5 mi away

3%4

Plano46.1 mi away

3%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%56

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

How far

How far Grays Prairie commutes

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

10%

17%

46%

27%

10%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

46%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grays Prairie is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grays Prairie are

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

Jobs based in Grays Prairie

15 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Grays Prairie residents hold

145 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month66%

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.