Work & commute · Mesquite

Work & commute in Mesquite, TX

Most working residents leave Mesquite for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Dallas (35%), Garland (5%) and Richardson (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

7,049 of 60,638 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 53,589 Mesquite residents head out of town to work, 7,049 work right here, and 39,036 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mesquite.

53,589live here, work elsewhere

7,049live and work here

39,036work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mesquite goes to work

Dallas10.8 mi away

35%21,320

Mesquite (in town)right here

12%7,049

Garland10.7 mi away

5%3,247

Richardson16.4 mi away

4%2,299

Irving23.4 mi away

3%1,974

Plano22.3 mi away

3%1,907

Fort Worth44.4 mi away

3%1,829

Farmers Branch20.7 mi away

2%1,127

Arlington31.7 mi away

2%1,089

Carrollton24.2 mi away

2%923

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%17,874

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

How far

How far Mesquite commutes

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

29%

49%

13%

29%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mesquite is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mesquite are

46,085 jobs are based in Mesquite. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mesquite’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mesquite

46,085 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Mesquite residents hold

60,638 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+10%

Jobs based in Mesquite, 2013 → 2023: 41,808 → 46,085. 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.