Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Cedar Hill commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
11,576 jobs are based in Cedar Hill for 23,406 working residents. Cedar Hill grades B for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 78% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Cedar Hill apart
A lot of Cedar Hill works one town over
40% of working residents work in a town that borders Cedar Hill: Dallas (32%), Grand Prairie (4%) and Duncanville (2%). Next door ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Cedar Hill
62% of Cedar Hill residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 44% of the jobs based in Cedar Hill pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
33% of the jobs based in Cedar Hill are held by workers 29 or younger, against 22% of Cedar Hill’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
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.
The figures behind Cedar Hill’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cedar Hill is better than 65% of U.S. towns, #222 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car holds Cedar Hill’s grade up (ahead of 96% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (7.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cedar Hill could be anywhere from B to A−.
What Cedar Hill’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cedar Hill, 2013 → 2023: 11,000 → 11,576. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
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 Cedar Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Cedar Hill by day and by night
On a workday 22,275 residents head out to work, 1,131 work right here, and 10,445 people come in from elsewhere.
About 38,000 people are in Cedar Hill on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
32% of working residents work in Dallas
Where Cedar Hill clocks in
7% 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 daily trip from Cedar Hill: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cedar Hill workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 20,227 commuters (the 17% 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.
Half of Cedar Hill commutes less than 18 miles
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.
In Cedar Hill, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cedar Hill is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns, #312 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.0% across Texas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 24,371 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 9% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 1% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 48% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.8% of Cedar Hill households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Cedar Hill’s commuters take a bus or train.
Cedar Hill is 477th of 887 U.S. towns of 35,000 to 67,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Upper Arlington OH | 35,893 | $155K | 3.3% | 2.0% | 7% | A+ |
| 3 | Oakton VA | 36,528 | $161K | 4.6% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| 4 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Keller TX | 46,078 | $175K | 3.4% | 2.7% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Coppell TX | 41,386 | $146K | 5.4% | 2.6% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 475 | Wabash Township IN | 66,098 | $41K | 33.4% | 3.8% | 35% | B+ |
| 476 | West Seneca NY | 45,469 | $80K | 8.8% | 4.7% | 12% | B+ |
| 477 | Cedar Hill TX | 49,801 | $102K | 10.0% | 7.4% | 5% | B |
| 478 | Monroe Township NJ | 38,137 | $97K | 8.2% | 6.7% | 9% | B |
| 479 | Clermont FL | 52,812 | $82K | 5.4% | 5.7% | 11% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 887 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Cedar Hill, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
The towns next door employ 40% of Cedar Hill
The biggest share goes to Dallas (32%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cedar Hill workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Hill | – | B | B− | 31 min | $101,909 |
| Dallas | 32% | B− | A | 26 min | $70,518 |
| Grand Prairie | 4% | B | C+ | 28 min | $81,619 |
| Ovilla | under 2% | A− | D | 32 min | $131,434 |
| Duncanville | 2% | B− | B | 26 min | $76,457 |
| Midlothian | under 2% | A | C− | 32 min | $126,641 |
| DeSoto | 2% | B | B | 31 min | $82,782 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cedar Hill’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Cedar Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Cedar Hill?
$101,909 (±$7,465) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cedar Hill?
10.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cedar Hill?
31 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cedar Hill work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (32%, 18 mi), Arlington (7%, 13 mi), Irving (6%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cedar Hill walkable?
Cedar Hill is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cedar Hill without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 1% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cedar Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cedar Hill
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.