Work & commute · Scurry

Work & commute in Scurry, TX

Most working residents leave Scurry for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Dallas (30%), Kaufman (6%) and Mesquite (4%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 397 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

41 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 397 Scurry residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Scurry.

397live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

27work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Scurry goes to work

Dallas29.5 mi away

30%121

Kaufman6.1 mi away

6%23

Mesquite20.6 mi away

4%16

Irving41.5 mi away

4%16

Plano42.8 mi away

3%13

Richardson36.9 mi away

3%11

Fort Worth59.1 mi away

3%11

Forney16.4 mi away

2%9

Carrollton44.5 mi away

2%9

Farmers Branch40.6 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%161

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

How far

How far Scurry commutes

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

16%

59%

16%

9%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

59%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Scurry is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Scurry are

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

Jobs based in Scurry

27 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities93%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Scurry residents hold

397 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month72%

−91%

Jobs based in Scurry, 2013 → 2023: 301 → 27. 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.