Work & commute · Mansfield

Work & commute in Mansfield, TX

Most working residents leave Mansfield for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Worth (17%), Arlington (14%) and Dallas (12%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

4,624 of 35,958 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 31,334 Mansfield residents head out of town to work, 4,624 work right here, and 26,672 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mansfield.

31,334live here, work elsewhere

4,624live and work here

26,672work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mansfield goes to work

Fort Worth19.8 mi away

17%6,060

Arlington9.1 mi away

14%5,195

Mansfield (in town)right here

13%4,624

Dallas25.8 mi away

12%4,432

Grand Prairie9.6 mi away

5%1,620

Irving21.8 mi away

4%1,528

Grapevine25.4 mi away

2%636

Plano39.7 mi away

2%620

Houston217.9 mi away

1%535

Austin161.3 mi away

1%402

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%10,306

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

How far

How far Mansfield commutes

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

26%

47%

18%

26%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mansfield is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mansfield are

31,296 jobs are based in Mansfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mansfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mansfield

31,296 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Mansfield residents hold

35,958 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+51%

Jobs based in Mansfield, 2013 → 2023: 20,777 → 31,296. 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.