Work & commute · Waxahachie

Work & commute in Waxahachie, TX

Most working residents leave Waxahachie for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Dallas (20%), Fort Worth (5%) and Irving (4%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

3,948 of 21,580 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 17,632 Waxahachie residents head out of town to work, 3,948 work right here, and 14,806 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waxahachie.

17,632live here, work elsewhere

3,948live and work here

14,806work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waxahachie goes to work

Dallas27.4 mi away

20%4,315

Waxahachie (in town)right here

18%3,948

Fort Worth39.4 mi away

5%1,056

Irving32.3 mi away

4%839

Arlington26.3 mi away

4%794

Midlothian9.7 mi away

3%605

Ennis13.4 mi away

2%467

Grand Prairie21.7 mi away

2%429

Houston200.3 mi away

2%381

Plano45.1 mi away

2%347

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%8,399

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

How far

How far Waxahachie commutes

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

23%

22%

41%

14%

23%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

41%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waxahachie is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Waxahachie are

18,754 jobs are based in Waxahachie. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Waxahachie’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Waxahachie

18,754 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Waxahachie residents hold

21,580 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+20%

Jobs based in Waxahachie, 2013 → 2023: 15,644 → 18,754. 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.