At 7.1%, unemployment in Duncanville is higher than in 83% of U.S. towns
There are 10,221 jobs in Duncanville; 17,626 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Duncanville are B− for jobs and income and B for walkability. A typical one-way commute lasts 26 minutes, next to 27 for Texas and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Duncanville, in a few figures
Duncanville’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Duncanville is better than 55% of U.S. towns, #272 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car holds Duncanville’s grade up (ahead of 98% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Duncanville could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
35% of working residents work in Dallas
Where Duncanville clocks in
6% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Duncanville
On a workday 16,609 residents head out to work, 1,017 work right here, and 9,204 people come in from elsewhere.
About 32,000 people are in Duncanville on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.58 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.
What Duncanville’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Duncanville, 2013 → 2023: 10,876 → 10,221. 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 Duncanville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 26 minutes in Duncanville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Duncanville workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 15,052 commuters (the 12% 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.
The distance from Duncanville 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.
The commute in Duncanville is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Duncanville is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns, #158 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.6% 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 17,161 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 28% 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 1.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 60% 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). 4.3% of Duncanville households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Duncanville’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Duncanville ranks: 734th of 1,135 U.S. towns of 27,000 to 53,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 3 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Keller TX | 46,078 | $175K | 3.4% | 2.7% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Coppell TX | 41,386 | $146K | 5.4% | 2.6% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 732 | Kearny NJ | 40,862 | $79K | 12.5% | 6.6% | 9% | B |
| 733 | Wea Township IN | 34,791 | $69K | 12.8% | 2.9% | 9% | B |
| 734 | Duncanville TX | 38,915 | $76K | 10.6% | 7.1% | 6% | B− |
| 735 | Des Moines WA | 33,032 | $92K | 12.1% | 7.5% | 4% | B− |
| 736 | Ruskin FL | 29,834 | $79K | 10.8% | 4.5% | 6% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,135 | 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 Duncanville, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Bordering towns draw 35% of Duncanville’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Duncanville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duncanville | – | B− | B | 26 min | $76,457 |
| Cedar Hill | under 2% | B | B− | 31 min | $101,909 |
| Dallas | 35% | B− | A | 26 min | $70,518 |
| DeSoto | under 2% | B | B | 31 min | $82,782 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Dallas. Darker towns draw more of Duncanville’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 Duncanville: questions
What is the median household income in Duncanville?
$76,457 (±$7,427) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Duncanville?
10.6%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Duncanville?
26 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Duncanville work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (35%, 13 mi), Irving (6%, 15 mi), Arlington (6%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Duncanville walkable?
Duncanville is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 9.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Duncanville without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Duncanville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Duncanville
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.