Work & commute · Sanger

Work & commute in Sanger, TX

Most working residents leave Sanger for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Denton (21%), Dallas (10%) and Fort Worth (5%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

416 of 5,023 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,607 Sanger residents head out of town to work, 416 work right here, and 3,525 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sanger.

4,607live here, work elsewhere

416live and work here

3,525work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sanger goes to work

Denton11.3 mi away

21%1,044

Dallas46.6 mi away

10%481

Sanger (in town)right here

8%416

Fort Worth42.7 mi away

5%270

Lewisville25.3 mi away

4%187

Plano33.1 mi away

4%180

Irving37.8 mi away

3%155

Gainesville17.9 mi away

2%118

Flower Mound23.8 mi away

2%95

Corinth17.2 mi away

2%87

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%1,990

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

How far

How far Sanger commutes

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

18%

30%

41%

11%

18%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

41%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sanger is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sanger are

3,941 jobs are based in Sanger. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sanger’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sanger

3,941 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities51%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Sanger residents hold

5,023 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+39%

Jobs based in Sanger, 2013 → 2023: 2,839 → 3,941. 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.