Household incomes put Colleyville near the very top of U.S. towns
Colleyville grades A+ for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Household incomes here are among the highest in the country. 2.5% of residents are in poverty (Texas 13.8%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Colleyville: the gist
A lot of Colleyville works from home
30% of Colleyville workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Time on the road ↓
Colleyville and Fort Worth trade workers both ways
Fort Worth is the top workplace for Colleyville residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Colleyville come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Colleyville
74% of Colleyville residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 54% of the jobs based in Colleyville pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Colleyville
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Colleyville is among the top U.S. towns, #18 of 642 in Texas. Household income is its strongest input ($218,328, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Colleyville stays A+.
From Colleyville, about 24 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Colleyville workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,343 commuters (the 30% 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.
15% of working residents work in Fort Worth
Where Colleyville clocks in
15% of workers
8% 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 kinds of work in Colleyville
8,663 jobs are based in Colleyville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Colleyville, 2014 → 2024: 7,154 → 8,663. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Colleyville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Colleyville by day and by night
On a workday 11,278 residents head out to work, 509 work right here, and 8,154 people come in from elsewhere.
About 23,000 people are in Colleyville on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.73 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 2024, primary jobs.
The distance from Colleyville to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
For most of Colleyville, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Colleyville is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns, #86 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.4% 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 11,970 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). 1.0% of Colleyville households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Colleyville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 18,000 to 35,000, Colleyville ranks 13th of 1,576 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
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| 6 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 10% | A+ |
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| 11 | West Deerfield Township IL | 32,111 | $205K | 2.7% | 2.7% | 9% | A+ |
| 12 | West Whiteland Township PA | 20,826 | $133K | 3.0% | 1.7% | 7% | A+ |
| 13 | Colleyville TX | 25,727 | $218K | 2.5% | 3.0% | 4% | A+ |
| 14 | Rose Hill VA | 21,066 | $175K | 2.6% | 2.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 15 | Corinth TX | 25,297 | $121K | 3.5% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
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| 83 | University Park TX | 25,323 | $250K | 4.7% | 3.6% | 7% | A+ |
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| 85 | Sienna TX | 24,992 | $178K | 1.5% | 3.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,576 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 35% | 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 Colleyville, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Next door is work for 14% of Colleyville
The biggest share goes to Grapevine (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Colleyville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colleyville | – | A+ | B+ | 24 min | $218,328 |
| Southlake | 3% | A+ | B− | 26 min | $250,000+ |
| Grapevine | 8% | A− | B+ | 22 min | $111,376 |
| Hurst | under 2% | B+ | B+ | 25 min | $72,210 |
| Euless | under 2% | B+ | B− | 25 min | $82,167 |
| Bedford | 3% | B+ | B− | 25 min | $83,971 |
| North Richland Hills | under 2% | A | B+ | 27 min | $97,305 |
| Keller | under 2% | A+ | B− | 27 min | $174,950 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Colleyville’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 2024, 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 Colleyville: questions
What is the median household income in Colleyville?
$218,328 (±$15,954) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Colleyville?
2.5%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Colleyville?
24 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Colleyville work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Worth (15%, 14 mi), Dallas (14%, 23 mi), Irving (8%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Colleyville walkable?
Colleyville is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 9.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Colleyville 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 Colleyville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Colleyville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.