Work & commute · Saginaw

Work & commute in Saginaw, TX

Most working residents leave Saginaw for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Worth (33%), Dallas (9%) and Irving (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

772 of 12,373 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,601 Saginaw residents head out of town to work, 772 work right here, and 10,473 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Saginaw.

11,601live here, work elsewhere

772live and work here

10,473work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Saginaw goes to work

Fort Worth5.9 mi away

33%4,045

Dallas35.1 mi away

9%1,081

Saginaw (in town)right here

6%772

Irving23 mi away

4%509

Arlington18.1 mi away

4%469

Grapevine17.5 mi away

2%282

Plano38 mi away

2%278

Haltom City6.4 mi away

2%247

Grand Prairie23.8 mi away

1%184

North Richland Hills8.5 mi away

1%157

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%4,349

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

How far

How far Saginaw commutes

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

36%

32%

22%

10%

36%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Saginaw is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Saginaw are

11,245 jobs are based in Saginaw. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Saginaw’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Saginaw

11,245 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Saginaw residents hold

12,373 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+54%

Jobs based in Saginaw, 2013 → 2023: 7,315 → 11,245. 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.