Photo: formulanone · CC BY-SA 2.0Flower Mound has higher household incomes than 96% of U.S. towns
4.3% of residents are in poverty, next to 13.8% for Texas as a whole. The two grades for Flower Mound are A+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. For 29% of workers, the job is at home, where Texas as a whole has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Flower Mound: the figures worth knowing
Home offices are common in Flower Mound
29% of Flower Mound workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Time on the road ↓
Flower Mound has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Flower Mound went from 21,891 in 2013 to 34,855 in 2023, +59%. The jobs ↓
Flower Mound’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Flower Mound is Dallas, 26 miles away as the crow flies. 17% of working residents (7,163) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Flower Mound
Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 97% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Flower Mound could be anywhere from A to A+.
The trip to work from Flower Mound: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Flower Mound workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 29,339 commuters (the 29% 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.
What work there is in Flower Mound: 34,855 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Flower Mound, 2013 → 2023: 21,891 → 34,855. 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 Flower Mound’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Flower Mound
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.
Flower Mound on a workday afternoon
On a workday 38,184 residents head out to work, 4,405 work right here, and 30,450 people come in from elsewhere.
About 72,000 people are in Flower Mound on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
17% of working residents work in Dallas
Where Flower Mound clocks in
9% 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.
For most of Flower Mound, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Flower Mound is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns, #260 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.0% 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 41,292 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 5% 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). 1.6% of Flower Mound households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Flower Mound’s commuters take a bus or train.
Flower Mound is 12th of 560 U.S. towns of 56,000 to 107,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Plymouth MN | 78,942 | $137K | 4.3% | 2.3% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Clay Township IN | 104,932 | $142K | 3.9% | 2.7% | 23% | A+ |
| 11 | Franklin TN | 90,226 | $120K | 4.6% | 2.2% | 31% | A+ |
| 12 | Flower Mound TX | 79,540 | $161K | 4.3% | 3.4% | 10% | A+ |
| 13 | Celina TX | 64,427 | $171K | 4.7% | 2.8% | 4% | A+ |
| 14 | Vernon Township IL | 71,353 | $146K | 6.3% | 2.4% | 15% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Leander TX | 91,132 | $139K | 5.8% | 3.4% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Mansfield TX | 84,444 | $121K | 5.8% | 3.9% | 13% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 560 | Albany GA | 66,907 | $47K | 27.5% | 11.2% | 51% | 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 Flower Mound, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Next door to Flower Mound
The biggest share goes to Lewisville (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Flower Mound workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flower Mound | – | A+ | B− | 26 min | $161,235 |
| Roanoke | under 3% | A− | C | 27 min | $97,295 |
| Northlake | under 3% | A | C+ | 32 min | $123,469 |
| Bartonville | under 3% | A+ | B− | 31 min | $149,071 |
| Double Oak | under 3% | A+ | C | 27 min | $172,321 |
| Lewisville | 4% | A− | B+ | 25 min | $89,233 |
| Highland Village | under 3% | A+ | B | 26 min | $159,828 |
| Argyle | under 3% | A+ | B+ | 36 min | $181,352 |
| Grapevine | 4% | A− | B+ | 22 min | $111,376 |
| Copper Canyon | under 3% | A | B− | 26 min | $155,625 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Flower Mound’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 Flower Mound: questions
What is the median household income in Flower Mound?
$161,235 (±$7,234) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Flower Mound?
4.3%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Flower Mound?
26 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 29% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Flower Mound work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (17%, 26 mi), Irving (9%, 15 mi), Plano (6%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Flower Mound walkable?
Flower Mound is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Flower Mound without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Flower Mound, from the people who make the trip.
More of Flower Mound
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.