Work & commute · Irving

Work & commute in Irving, TX

About one in 5 of Irving’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Dallas (25%), Fort Worth (6%) and Plano (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

24,653 of 118,172 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 93,519 Irving residents head out of town to work, 24,653 work right here, and 222,995 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Irving.

93,519live here, work elsewhere

24,653live and work here

222,995work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Irving goes to work

Dallas12.6 mi away

25%29,983

Irving (in town)right here

21%24,653

Fort Worth22.6 mi away

6%6,645

Plano18.5 mi away

4%4,374

Arlington14.1 mi away

4%4,155

Grapevine8.2 mi away

3%3,923

Carrollton9.9 mi away

3%3,321

Farmers Branch7.2 mi away

3%3,227

Coppell7.4 mi away

3%3,011

Grand Prairie12.7 mi away

3%2,973

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%31,907

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

How far

How far Irving commutes

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

52%

37%

52%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Irving is a job hub

2.10jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Irving are

247,648 jobs are based in Irving. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Irving’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Irving

247,648 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Irving residents hold

118,172 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+27%

Jobs based in Irving, 2013 → 2023: 195,111 → 247,648. 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.