Work & commute · Little Elm

Work & commute in Little Elm, TX

Most working residents leave Little Elm for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Dallas (15%), Plano (12%) and Frisco (11%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

875 of 25,795 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 24,920 Little Elm residents head out of town to work, 875 work right here, and 4,766 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Little Elm.

24,920live here, work elsewhere

875live and work here

4,766work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Little Elm goes to work

Dallas29 mi away

15%3,762

Plano14 mi away

12%3,162

Frisco6.2 mi away

11%2,839

Irving23.3 mi away

6%1,458

Fort Worth37.7 mi away

4%1,006

Denton12.9 mi away

3%877

Little Elm (in town)right here

3%875

Carrollton14.1 mi away

3%852

Lewisville10.3 mi away

3%825

Richardson19.5 mi away

3%746

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%9,393

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

How far

How far Little Elm commutes

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

25%

49%

17%

25%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Little Elm is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Little Elm are

5,641 jobs are based in Little Elm. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Little Elm’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Little Elm

5,641 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Little Elm residents hold

25,795 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+117%

Jobs based in Little Elm, 2013 → 2023: 2,605 → 5,641. 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.