Work & commute · Plano

Work & commute in Plano, TX

About one in 4 of Plano’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Dallas (21%), Richardson (7%) and Irving (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

32,614 of 143,279 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 110,665 Plano residents head out of town to work, 32,614 work right here, and 221,776 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Plano.

110,665live here, work elsewhere

32,614live and work here

221,776work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Plano goes to work

Plano (in town)right here

23%32,614

Dallas17.8 mi away

21%30,041

Richardson5.9 mi away

7%9,768

Irving18.5 mi away

5%6,969

Frisco8.4 mi away

5%6,784

Addison7.8 mi away

3%4,710

Carrollton9.8 mi away

3%3,949

McKinney11.5 mi away

3%3,803

Fort Worth39.5 mi away

2%3,353

Farmers Branch11.4 mi away

2%3,209

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%38,079

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

How far

How far Plano commutes

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

48%

36%

10%

48%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Plano is a job hub

1.78jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Plano are

254,390 jobs are based in Plano. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Plano’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Plano

254,390 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Plano residents hold

143,279 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+49%

Jobs based in Plano, 2013 → 2023: 170,461 → 254,390. 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.