Work & commute · University Park

Work & commute in University Park, TX

Most working residents leave University Park for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Dallas (44%), Irving (5%) and Plano (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

548 of 8,494 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,946 University Park residents head out of town to work, 548 work right here, and 10,179 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in University Park.

7,946live here, work elsewhere

548live and work here

10,179work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where University Park goes to work

Dallas4.2 mi away

44%3,763

University Park (in town)right here

6%548

Irving10.1 mi away

5%446

Plano14.2 mi away

5%431

Fort Worth32.5 mi away

3%233

Addison8.3 mi away

3%229

Richardson9.9 mi away

2%205

Houston227.3 mi away

2%171

Austin185 mi away

2%156

Farmers Branch7.3 mi away

2%141

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%2,171

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

How far

How far University Park commutes

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

60%

22%

12%

60%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

University Park is balanced between jobs and homes

1.26jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.26 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in University Park are

10,727 jobs are based in University Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs University Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in University Park

10,727 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs University Park residents hold

8,494 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month77%

+20%

Jobs based in University Park, 2013 → 2023: 8,919 → 10,727. 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.