Work & commute · Terrell

Work & commute in Terrell, TX

Most working residents leave Terrell for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Dallas (17%), Plano (4%) and Fort Worth (3%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

1,547 of 8,674 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 7,127 Terrell residents head out of town to work, 1,547 work right here, and 11,393 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Terrell.

7,127live here, work elsewhere

1,547live and work here

11,393work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Terrell goes to work

Terrell (in town)right here

18%1,547

Dallas27.6 mi away

17%1,456

Plano34.4 mi away

4%329

Fort Worth61.2 mi away

3%296

Mesquite16.8 mi away

3%280

Rockwall15.6 mi away

3%250

Irving40.1 mi away

3%242

Garland23.1 mi away

2%215

Houston210.1 mi away

2%179

Forney9.1 mi away

2%170

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%3,710

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

How far

How far Terrell commutes

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

21%

17%

43%

20%

21%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

43%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Terrell is balanced between jobs and homes

1.49jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.49 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Terrell are

12,940 jobs are based in Terrell. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Terrell’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Terrell

12,940 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Terrell residents hold

8,674 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+20%

Jobs based in Terrell, 2013 → 2023: 10,776 → 12,940. 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.