Work & commute · Italy

Work & commute in Italy, TX

Most working residents leave Italy for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Waxahachie (13%), Dallas (12%) and Fort Worth (6%). Half commute less than 40 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43 of 942 working residents

Typical commute

40 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 899 Italy residents head out of town to work, 43 work right here, and 375 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Italy.

899live here, work elsewhere

43live and work here

375work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Italy goes to work

Waxahachie15.1 mi away

13%120

Dallas42.5 mi away

12%113

Fort Worth49.2 mi away

6%53

Italy (in town)right here

5%43

Ennis17.6 mi away

3%29

Irving46.6 mi away

3%28

Arlington38.2 mi away

3%26

Grand Prairie34.9 mi away

2%20

Plano60.3 mi away

2%19

Midlothian20.4 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%474

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

How far

How far Italy commutes

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

10%

24%

34%

32%

10%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Italy is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Italy are

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

Jobs based in Italy

418 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Italy residents hold

942 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+11%

Jobs based in Italy, 2013 → 2023: 376 → 418. 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.