Work & commute · Joshua

Work & commute in Joshua, TX

Most working residents leave Joshua for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Worth (24%), Burleson (9%) and Cleburne (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

264 of 4,125 working residents

Typical commute

20 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 3,861 Joshua residents head out of town to work, 264 work right here, and 2,210 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Joshua.

3,861live here, work elsewhere

264live and work here

2,210work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Joshua goes to work

Fort Worth22.4 mi away

24%990

Burleson5.2 mi away

9%363

Joshua (in town)right here

6%264

Cleburne7.4 mi away

5%217

Dallas42.7 mi away

5%209

Arlington22.5 mi away

4%184

Mansfield17.1 mi away

2%102

Grand Prairie26 mi away

2%86

Irving36.6 mi away

2%74

Houston219.2 mi away

2%65

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%1,571

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

How far

How far Joshua commutes

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

28%

32%

23%

16%

28%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Joshua is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Joshua are

2,474 jobs are based in Joshua. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Joshua’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Joshua

2,474 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Joshua residents hold

4,125 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+40%

Jobs based in Joshua, 2013 → 2023: 1,767 → 2,474. 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.