Work & commute · The Colony

Work & commute in The Colony, TX

Most working residents leave The Colony for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Dallas (17%), Plano (13%) and Frisco (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,128 of 26,338 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 25,210 The Colony residents head out of town to work, 1,128 work right here, and 9,910 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in The Colony.

25,210live here, work elsewhere

1,128live and work here

9,910work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where The Colony goes to work

Dallas22.1 mi away

17%4,531

Plano9.1 mi away

13%3,544

Frisco6.1 mi away

6%1,661

Irving16.8 mi away

6%1,615

Carrollton7.2 mi away

5%1,245

The Colony (in town)right here

4%1,128

Fort Worth33.9 mi away

4%1,125

Lewisville5.3 mi away

4%1,062

Richardson13.8 mi away

3%831

Addison9.7 mi away

3%748

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%8,848

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

How far

How far The Colony commutes

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

36%

47%

36%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

The Colony is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in The Colony are

11,038 jobs are based in The Colony. Here is what they are, next to the jobs The Colony’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in The Colony

11,038 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs The Colony residents hold

26,338 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+106%

Jobs based in The Colony, 2013 → 2023: 5,366 → 11,038. 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.