DISH has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
DISH has 112 jobs; 276 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in DISH itself; outside it, Dallas draws the most (12%, 39 miles). For 25% of workers, the job is at home, next to 14% for Texas as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in DISH
DISH’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside DISH is Dallas, 39 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (32) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A lot of DISH works from home
25% of DISH workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Time on the road ↓
DISH workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 38 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 276 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Miles to work from DISH
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.
Time on the road from DISH: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of DISH workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 233 commuters (the 25% 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 a workday changes DISH
On a workday 276 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 112 people come in from elsewhere.
About 360 people are in DISH on a workday afternoon, 31% 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 people from DISH work
Where DISH clocks in
12% of workers
11% 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.
Making and building: 79% of jobs based in DISH
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in DISH, 2013 → 2023: 44 → 112. 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 DISH’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 DISH: questions
What is the median household income in DISH?
$159,000 (±$25,823) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in DISH?
1.8%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from DISH?
32 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in DISH work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (12%, 39 mi), Fort Worth (12%, 24 mi), Denton (11%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around DISH 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 DISH, from the people who make the trip.
More of DISH
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.