Work & commute · Southlake

Work & commute in Southlake, TX

Most working residents leave Southlake for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Dallas (16%), Fort Worth (13%) and Irving (9%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

1,455 of 13,677 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,222 Southlake residents head out of town to work, 1,455 work right here, and 28,669 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Southlake.

12,222live here, work elsewhere

1,455live and work here

28,669work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Southlake goes to work

Dallas24.8 mi away

16%2,135

Fort Worth16.6 mi away

13%1,766

Southlake (in town)right here

11%1,455

Irving12.4 mi away

9%1,258

Grapevine4.4 mi away

5%680

Arlington17.6 mi away

3%475

Westlake3.8 mi away

3%416

Plano24.2 mi away

3%390

Grand Prairie20.4 mi away

2%253

Houston242.3 mi away

2%242

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%4,607

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

How far

How far Southlake commutes

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

32%

50%

10%

32%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Southlake is a job hub

2.20jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Southlake are

30,124 jobs are based in Southlake. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Southlake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Southlake

30,124 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Southlake residents hold

13,677 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+33%

Jobs based in Southlake, 2013 → 2023: 22,717 → 30,124. 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.