Work & commute · Ovilla

Work & commute in Ovilla, TX

Most working residents leave Ovilla for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Dallas (29%), Fort Worth (5%) and Irving (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 2,384 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,369 Ovilla residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 541 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ovilla.

2,369live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

541work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ovilla goes to work

Dallas18.7 mi away

29%685

Fort Worth31.8 mi away

5%124

Irving22.4 mi away

5%117

Waxahachie9.9 mi away

5%114

Arlington17.8 mi away

5%112

Midlothian8 mi away

4%88

Grand Prairie12.4 mi away

3%64

DeSoto4.2 mi away

2%59

Plano36.1 mi away

2%54

Cedar Hill5.3 mi away

2%50

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%917

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

How far

How far Ovilla commutes

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

20%

43%

24%

13%

20%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ovilla is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ovilla are

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

Jobs based in Ovilla

556 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Ovilla residents hold

2,384 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+34%

Jobs based in Ovilla, 2013 → 2023: 415 → 556. 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.