Work & commute · Pottsboro

Work & commute in Pottsboro, TX

Most working residents leave Pottsboro for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Sherman (16%), Denison (16%) and Dallas (7%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

55 of 1,129 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,074 Pottsboro residents head out of town to work, 55 work right here, and 482 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pottsboro.

1,074live here, work elsewhere

55live and work here

482work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pottsboro goes to work

Sherman10.1 mi away

16%184

Denison5.2 mi away

16%180

Dallas67.7 mi away

7%81

Pottsboro (in town)right here

5%55

Plano49.9 mi away

3%35

Frisco43.4 mi away

3%29

Durant, OK22.3 mi away

2%28

McKinney39.3 mi away

2%28

Fort Worth78.7 mi away

2%27

Irving65.4 mi away

2%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%461

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

How far

How far Pottsboro commutes

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

39%

16%

36%

39%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pottsboro is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pottsboro are

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

Jobs based in Pottsboro

537 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Pottsboro residents hold

1,129 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−78%

Jobs based in Pottsboro, 2013 → 2023: 2,482 → 537. 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.