Work & commute · Rowlett

Work & commute in Rowlett, TX

Most working residents leave Rowlett for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Dallas (28%), Garland (10%) and Richardson (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,504 of 32,455 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 30,951 Rowlett residents head out of town to work, 1,504 work right here, and 10,587 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rowlett.

30,951live here, work elsewhere

1,504live and work here

10,587work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rowlett goes to work

Dallas15.2 mi away

28%9,022

Garland4.8 mi away

10%3,198

Richardson10 mi away

7%2,299

Plano14.8 mi away

7%2,141

Rowlett (in town)right here

5%1,504

Irving24.8 mi away

4%1,181

Fort Worth47.3 mi away

3%1,002

Rockwall6.4 mi away

3%954

Mesquite11 mi away

3%942

Addison16.9 mi away

2%620

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%9,592

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

How far

How far Rowlett commutes

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

26%

51%

14%

26%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rowlett is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rowlett are

12,091 jobs are based in Rowlett. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rowlett’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rowlett

12,091 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Rowlett residents hold

32,455 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+41%

Jobs based in Rowlett, 2013 → 2023: 8,570 → 12,091. 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.