Work & commute · Mabank

Work & commute in Mabank, TX

Most working residents leave Mabank for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Dallas (11%), Gun Barrel City (6%) and Plano (3%). Half commute less than 49 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

248 of 1,810 working residents

Typical commute

49 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 1,562 Mabank residents head out of town to work, 248 work right here, and 2,528 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mabank.

1,562live here, work elsewhere

248live and work here

2,528work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mabank goes to work

Mabank (in town)right here

14%248

Dallas48.1 mi away

11%203

Gun Barrel City3.3 mi away

6%105

Plano59.8 mi away

3%56

Irving60.3 mi away

3%49

Kaufman18.5 mi away

3%46

Fort Worth77.5 mi away

2%45

Houston183.7 mi away

2%39

Mesquite38.5 mi away

2%39

Athens20.1 mi away

2%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%946

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

How far

How far Mabank commutes

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

25%

19%

47%

25%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

47%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mabank is a job hub

1.53jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mabank are

2,776 jobs are based in Mabank. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mabank’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mabank

2,776 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Mabank residents hold

1,810 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+32%

Jobs based in Mabank, 2013 → 2023: 2,107 → 2,776. 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.