Photo: Erod1997 · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Celina have higher incomes than those in 97% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 36% of workers (Texas 14%). Below the poverty line: 4.7% of residents, where Texas as a whole has 13.8%. Jobs and income earn Celina A+; getting around on foot earns it D.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Celina
Jobs in Celina have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Celina went from 1,090 in 2013 to 2,998 in 2023, +175%. The jobs ↓
Home offices are common in Celina
36% of Celina workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Time on the road ↓
Celina’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Celina is Dallas, 37 miles away as the crow flies. 16% of working residents (1,914) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Celina is a place people come home to
There are 2,998 jobs based in Celina, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Celina workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 46 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Celina
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Celina is better than 96% of U.S. towns, #39 of 642 in Texas. Household income is its strongest input ($170,894, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (2.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Celina could be anywhere from A− to A+.
What work there is in Celina: 2,998 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Celina, 2013 → 2023: 1,090 → 2,998. 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 Celina’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 33 minutes each way, longer than most of Texas
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Celina workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11,175 commuters (the 36% 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.
How far Celina goes to work
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.
Who commutes out of Celina, and who commutes in
On a workday 11,280 residents head out to work, 429 work right here, and 2,569 people come in from elsewhere.
About 56,000 people are in Celina on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.26 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
16% of working residents work in Dallas
Where Celina clocks in
Lines 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.
Most trips from Celina start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Celina is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns, #568 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 17,413 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 1.2% of Celina households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Celina’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Celina is 18th of 698 U.S. towns of 45,000 to 87,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 4 | Keller TX | 46,078 | $175K | 3.4% | 2.7% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Arlington MA | 46,563 | $151K | 5.4% | 2.9% | 7% | A+ |
| 17 | Flower Mound TX | 79,540 | $161K | 4.3% | 3.4% | 10% | A+ |
| 18 | Celina TX | 64,427 | $171K | 4.7% | 2.8% | 4% | A+ |
| 19 | Vernon Township IL | 71,353 | $146K | 6.3% | 2.4% | 15% | A+ |
| 20 | Odenton MD | 45,002 | $128K | 4.5% | 2.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 79 | Midlothian TX | 46,683 | $127K | 5.2% | 3.9% | 12% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 698 | Pahrump NV | 47,347 | $62K | 13.7% | 8.5% | 28% | 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 Celina, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
How Celina compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Prosper (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Celina workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celina | – | A+ | D | 33 min | $170,894 |
| Prosper | 6% | A | C | 30 min | $195,281 |
| Pilot Point | under 3% | B | C | 33 min | $97,933 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Celina’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 Celina: questions
What is the median household income in Celina?
$170,894 (±$12,592) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Celina?
4.7%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Celina?
33 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 36% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Celina work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (16%, 37 mi), Plano (14%, 19 mi), Frisco (9%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Celina walkable?
Celina is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Celina without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Celina, from the people who make the trip.
More of Celina
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.