Work & commute · Shady Shores

Work & commute in Shady Shores, TX

Most working residents leave Shady Shores for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Dallas (14%), Denton (14%) and Fort Worth (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 1,438 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,434 Shady Shores residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 109 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shady Shores.

1,434live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

109work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shady Shores goes to work

Dallas29.9 mi away

14%205

Denton7.2 mi away

14%205

Fort Worth31.9 mi away

6%87

Plano18.3 mi away

6%82

Lewisville8.5 mi away

5%75

Irving21.4 mi away

5%69

Corinth2.3 mi away

3%47

Flower Mound9.7 mi away

3%41

Carrollton14.3 mi away

3%40

Addison18 mi away

2%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%553

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

How far

How far Shady Shores commutes

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

26%

44%

19%

11%

26%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shady Shores is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shady Shores are

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

Jobs based in Shady Shores

113 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Shady Shores residents hold

1,438 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month73%

−14%

Jobs based in Shady Shores, 2013 → 2023: 131 → 113. 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.