Work & commute · McKinney

Work & commute in McKinney, TX

Most working residents leave McKinney for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Dallas (16%), Plano (14%) and Frisco (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

13,732 of 102,770 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 89,038 McKinney residents head out of town to work, 13,732 work right here, and 51,245 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McKinney.

89,038live here, work elsewhere

13,732live and work here

51,245work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McKinney goes to work

Dallas28.8 mi away

16%16,608

Plano11.5 mi away

14%14,370

McKinney (in town)right here

13%13,732

Frisco9.7 mi away

6%6,567

Richardson16 mi away

5%4,954

Irving29.6 mi away

4%4,314

Allen6.5 mi away

3%3,548

Fort Worth49.1 mi away

3%2,599

Addison19.1 mi away

3%2,594

Carrollton20 mi away

2%2,034

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%31,450

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

How far

How far McKinney commutes

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

29%

39%

22%

10%

29%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McKinney is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in McKinney are

64,977 jobs are based in McKinney. Here is what they are, next to the jobs McKinney’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in McKinney

64,977 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs McKinney residents hold

102,770 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+81%

Jobs based in McKinney, 2013 → 2023: 35,829 → 64,977. 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.