Work & commute · Valley View

Work & commute in Valley View, TX

Most working residents leave Valley View for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Gainesville (20%), Denton (15%) and Dallas (3%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 318 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 310 Valley View residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 304 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Valley View.

310live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

304work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Valley View goes to work

Gainesville11.1 mi away

20%63

Denton18 mi away

15%47

Dallas52.4 mi away

3%11

Irving44.2 mi away

3%10

McKinney34.3 mi away

3%9

Valley View (in town)right here

3%8

Muenster17.5 mi away

3%8

Lewisville31.4 mi away

2%7

Sanger6.8 mi away

2%5

Richardson43.5 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%145

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

How far

How far Valley View commutes

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

18%

39%

32%

11%

18%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Valley View is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Valley View are

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

Jobs based in Valley View

312 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Valley View residents hold

318 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−37%

Jobs based in Valley View, 2013 → 2023: 496 → 312. 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.