Work & commute · Melissa

Work & commute in Melissa, TX

Most working residents leave Melissa for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Dallas (16%), McKinney (13%) and Plano (13%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

228 of 8,553 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,325 Melissa residents head out of town to work, 228 work right here, and 2,230 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Melissa.

8,325live here, work elsewhere

228live and work here

2,230work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Melissa goes to work

Dallas36.3 mi away

16%1,394

McKinney8.6 mi away

13%1,095

Plano19.8 mi away

13%1,070

Richardson23.5 mi away

5%453

Frisco17.9 mi away

5%414

Allen14.2 mi away

4%383

Irving38.1 mi away

4%322

Melissa (in town)right here

3%228

Fort Worth57.7 mi away

2%168

Carrollton28.6 mi away

2%162

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%2,864

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

How far

How far Melissa commutes

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

16%

35%

39%

10%

16%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

39%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Melissa is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Melissa are

2,458 jobs are based in Melissa. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Melissa’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Melissa

2,458 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Melissa residents hold

8,553 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+146%

Jobs based in Melissa, 2013 → 2023: 999 → 2,458. 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.