Work & commute · Howe

Work & commute in Howe, TX

Most working residents leave Howe for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Sherman (18%), McKinney (8%) and Dallas (6%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 1,550 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 1,543 Howe residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 182 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Howe.

1,543live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

182work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Howe goes to work

Sherman8.4 mi away

18%283

McKinney21.4 mi away

8%125

Dallas50.1 mi away

6%91

Plano32.5 mi away

6%88

Denison18 mi away

6%86

Fort Worth65.7 mi away

3%49

Frisco27.1 mi away

2%33

Allen27.9 mi away

2%27

Irving49.3 mi away

2%27

Prosper21.5 mi away

2%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%715

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

How far

How far Howe commutes

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

18%

29%

31%

22%

18%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Howe is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Howe are

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

Jobs based in Howe

189 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Howe residents hold

1,550 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−88%

Jobs based in Howe, 2013 → 2023: 1,540 → 189. 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.