Work & commute · Rockwall

Work & commute in Rockwall, TX

Most working residents leave Rockwall for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Dallas (23%), Garland (4%) and Plano (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

3,428 of 23,810 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 20,382 Rockwall residents head out of town to work, 3,428 work right here, and 21,887 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rockwall.

20,382live here, work elsewhere

3,428live and work here

21,887work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rockwall goes to work

Dallas20.9 mi away

23%5,461

Rockwall (in town)right here

14%3,428

Garland11.2 mi away

4%1,068

Plano20.2 mi away

4%927

Richardson16.1 mi away

4%925

Fort Worth53.7 mi away

3%690

Irving31.1 mi away

3%647

Mesquite13.9 mi away

3%634

Greenville23.2 mi away

3%596

Rowlett6.4 mi away

2%476

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%8,958

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

How far

How far Rockwall commutes

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

22%

44%

19%

15%

22%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rockwall is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Rockwall are

25,315 jobs are based in Rockwall. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rockwall’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rockwall

25,315 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Rockwall residents hold

23,810 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+61%

Jobs based in Rockwall, 2013 → 2023: 15,739 → 25,315. 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.