Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Bristol has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
2% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. 51 jobs are based in Bristol, and 394 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Bristol for work; outside it, Dallas is the main destination (19%, 27 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Bristol at work: what stands out
Bristol is a place people come home to
There are 51 jobs based in Bristol, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bristol has about 310 people in it, 53% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Bristol and Dallas trade workers both ways
Dallas is the top workplace for Bristol residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Bristol come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Bristol workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 394 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A workday in Bristol: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 394 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 51 people come in from elsewhere.
About 310 people are in Bristol on a workday afternoon, 53% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Bristol ends
Where Bristol clocks in
9% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The trip to work from Bristol: about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bristol workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 394 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Goods jobs make up 39% of work in Bristol
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bristol’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Bristol’s commute, mile by mile
About 16% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Bristol: questions
What is the median household income in Bristol?
$101,653 (±$31,490) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bristol?
0.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bristol?
35 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bristol work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (19%, 27 mi), Ennis (9%, 9 mi), Waxahachie (6%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bristol without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bristol, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bristol
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.