Work & commute · Van Alstyne

Work & commute in Van Alstyne, TX

Most working residents leave Van Alstyne for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are McKinney (14%), Plano (13%) and Sherman (6%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

101 of 2,288 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,187 Van Alstyne residents head out of town to work, 101 work right here, and 1,299 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Van Alstyne.

2,187live here, work elsewhere

101live and work here

1,299work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Van Alstyne goes to work

McKinney15.9 mi away

14%323

Plano27.3 mi away

13%286

Sherman14.5 mi away

6%142

Frisco23 mi away

5%121

Dallas44.7 mi away

5%113

Van Alstyne (in town)right here

4%101

Allen22.4 mi away

4%87

Richardson31.9 mi away

3%58

Denison23.9 mi away

2%57

Fort Worth62.6 mi away

2%51

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%949

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

How far

How far Van Alstyne commutes

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

11%

38%

14%

11%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Van Alstyne is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Van Alstyne are

1,400 jobs are based in Van Alstyne. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Van Alstyne’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Van Alstyne

1,400 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Van Alstyne residents hold

2,288 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+63%

Jobs based in Van Alstyne, 2013 → 2023: 857 → 1,400. 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.