Work & commute · Kaufman

Work & commute in Kaufman, TX

Most working residents leave Kaufman for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Dallas (17%), Terrell (5%) and Plano (3%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

479 of 3,405 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 2,926 Kaufman residents head out of town to work, 479 work right here, and 3,554 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kaufman.

2,926live here, work elsewhere

479live and work here

3,554work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kaufman goes to work

Dallas30.3 mi away

17%580

Kaufman (in town)right here

14%479

Terrell10.3 mi away

5%181

Plano41.3 mi away

3%109

Fort Worth61.8 mi away

3%100

Irving42.8 mi away

3%94

Mesquite20.2 mi away

3%92

Garland29.4 mi away

2%75

Houston200.5 mi away

2%69

Rockwall24.6 mi away

2%67

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%1,559

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

How far

How far Kaufman commutes

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

19%

17%

44%

20%

19%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

44%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kaufman is balanced between jobs and homes

1.18jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kaufman are

4,033 jobs are based in Kaufman. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kaufman’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kaufman

4,033 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Kaufman residents hold

3,405 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+24%

Jobs based in Kaufman, 2013 → 2023: 3,255 → 4,033. 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.