Work & commute · Richardson

Work & commute in Richardson, TX

Most working residents leave Richardson for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Dallas (29%), Plano (11%) and Irving (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

8,836 of 56,695 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 47,859 Richardson residents head out of town to work, 8,836 work right here, and 118,174 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Richardson.

47,859live here, work elsewhere

8,836live and work here

118,174work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Richardson goes to work

Dallas12.8 mi away

29%16,434

Richardson (in town)right here

16%8,836

Plano5.9 mi away

11%6,113

Irving17.1 mi away

4%2,480

Garland6.2 mi away

3%1,774

Addison7.3 mi away

3%1,625

Frisco14.3 mi away

2%1,329

Fort Worth39.4 mi away

2%1,324

Carrollton11.2 mi away

2%1,318

Farmers Branch10.4 mi away

2%1,238

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%14,224

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

How far

How far Richardson commutes

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

48%

37%

48%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Richardson is a job hub

2.24jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Richardson are

127,010 jobs are based in Richardson. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Richardson’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Richardson

127,010 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Richardson residents hold

56,695 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+44%

Jobs based in Richardson, 2013 → 2023: 88,190 → 127,010. 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.