Work & commute · Royse

Work & commute in Royse, TX

Most working residents leave Royse for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Dallas (19%), Rockwall (8%) and Garland (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

436 of 8,257 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 7,821 Royse residents head out of town to work, 436 work right here, and 3,517 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Royse.

7,821live here, work elsewhere

436live and work here

3,517work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Royse goes to work

Dallas28.8 mi away

19%1,583

Rockwall7.9 mi away

8%642

Royse City (in town)right here

5%436

Garland18.6 mi away

5%428

Plano25.5 mi away

5%417

Richardson22.6 mi away

5%399

Greenville15.4 mi away

4%367

Fort Worth61.2 mi away

3%211

Mesquite21.3 mi away

2%205

Irving38.6 mi away

2%181

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%3,388

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

How far

How far Royse commutes

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

16%

34%

36%

15%

16%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Royse 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 Royse are

3,953 jobs are based in Royse. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Royse’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Royse

3,953 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Royse residents hold

8,257 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+155%

Jobs based in Royse, 2013 → 2023: 1,550 → 3,953. 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.