Work & commute · Southmayd

Work & commute in Southmayd, TX

Most working residents leave Southmayd for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Sherman (30%), Denison (8%) and Plano (5%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 458 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 455 Southmayd residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 163 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Southmayd.

455live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

163work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Southmayd goes to work

Sherman4.7 mi away

30%139

Denison12.4 mi away

8%35

Plano39.6 mi away

5%23

McKinney29.3 mi away

5%21

Dallas57.4 mi away

4%19

Fort Worth68.9 mi away

3%12

Richardson45 mi away

2%11

Frisco33 mi away

2%11

Denton37.5 mi away

2%10

Irving55 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%168

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

How far

How far Southmayd commutes

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

33%

16%

29%

22%

33%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Southmayd is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Southmayd are

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

Jobs based in Southmayd

166 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)64%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Southmayd residents hold

458 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−23%

Jobs based in Southmayd, 2013 → 2023: 216 → 166. 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.