Work & commute · Roanoke

Work & commute in Roanoke, TX

Most working residents leave Roanoke for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Worth (13%), Dallas (13%) and Irving (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

156 of 5,274 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,118 Roanoke residents head out of town to work, 156 work right here, and 6,550 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Roanoke.

5,118live here, work elsewhere

156live and work here

6,550work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Roanoke goes to work

Fort Worth17.5 mi away

13%690

Dallas30.9 mi away

13%674

Irving18.6 mi away

7%385

Westlake2.5 mi away

7%362

Grapevine10.4 mi away

5%273

Southlake6.2 mi away

4%202

Plano28 mi away

3%174

Denton14.9 mi away

3%158

Roanoke (in town)right here

3%156

Lewisville15.1 mi away

2%116

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%2,084

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

How far

How far Roanoke commutes

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

29%

43%

18%

10%

29%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Roanoke is balanced between jobs and homes

1.27jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.27 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Roanoke are

6,706 jobs are based in Roanoke. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Roanoke’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Roanoke

6,706 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Roanoke residents hold

5,274 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+53%

Jobs based in Roanoke, 2013 → 2023: 4,395 → 6,706. 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.