Work & commute · Sherman

Work & commute in Sherman, TX

About one in 4 of Sherman’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Denison (9%), Dallas (6%) and Plano (4%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

5,281 of 18,781 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 13,500 Sherman residents head out of town to work, 5,281 work right here, and 17,446 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sherman.

13,500live here, work elsewhere

5,281live and work here

17,446work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sherman goes to work

Sherman (in town)right here

28%5,281

Denison9.9 mi away

9%1,753

Dallas58.3 mi away

6%1,203

Plano40.5 mi away

4%770

McKinney29.6 mi away

4%718

Fort Worth71.9 mi away

3%499

Frisco34.6 mi away

2%374

Irving56.8 mi away

2%351

Richardson45.6 mi away

2%298

Durant, OK28.7 mi away

2%289

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%7,245

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

How far

How far Sherman commutes

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

39%

25%

29%

39%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sherman is balanced between jobs and homes

1.21jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.21 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sherman are

22,727 jobs are based in Sherman. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sherman’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sherman

22,727 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Sherman residents hold

18,781 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+17%

Jobs based in Sherman, 2013 → 2023: 19,424 → 22,727. 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.