Work & commute · Wylie

Work & commute in Wylie, TX

Most working residents leave Wylie for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Dallas (21%), Plano (11%) and Richardson (8%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2,407 of 30,044 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 27,637 Wylie residents head out of town to work, 2,407 work right here, and 10,815 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wylie.

27,637live here, work elsewhere

2,407live and work here

10,815work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wylie goes to work

Dallas21.4 mi away

21%6,233

Plano12.9 mi away

11%3,424

Richardson11.2 mi away

8%2,511

Wylie (in town)right here

8%2,407

Garland10.2 mi away

5%1,637

Irving28.3 mi away

4%1,105

McKinney14.3 mi away

2%712

Addison18.3 mi away

2%673

Fort Worth50.6 mi away

2%656

Allen10.1 mi away

2%648

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%10,038

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

How far

How far Wylie commutes

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

26%

52%

12%

10%

26%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wylie is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wylie are

13,222 jobs are based in Wylie. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wylie’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wylie

13,222 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Wylie residents hold

30,044 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+49%

Jobs based in Wylie, 2013 → 2023: 8,863 → 13,222. 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.