Work & commute · Heartland

Work & commute in Heartland, TX

Most working residents leave Heartland for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Dallas (35%), Mesquite (6%) and Richardson (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 4,973 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,961 Heartland residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 230 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Heartland.

4,961live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

230work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Heartland goes to work

Dallas20.1 mi away

35%1,757

Mesquite9.7 mi away

6%309

Richardson25.4 mi away

4%199

Irving32.7 mi away

4%199

Plano31.2 mi away

4%177

Garland19.3 mi away

3%151

Fort Worth52.7 mi away

3%145

Farmers Branch30.4 mi away

2%118

Terrell9.6 mi away

2%108

Forney4.7 mi away

2%94

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%1,716

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

How far

How far Heartland commutes

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

45%

33%

14%

7%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Heartland is a commuter town

0.05jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Heartland are

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

Jobs based in Heartland

242 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less49%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Heartland residents hold

4,973 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+7967%

Jobs based in Heartland, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 242. 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.