Household incomes in Frisco top those of 95% of U.S. towns
3.6% of residents are in poverty, against 13.8% across Texas. The two grades for Frisco are A for jobs and income and B for walkability. 38% of workers have no commute at all (Texas 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Frisco, in brief
A lot of Frisco works from home
38% of Frisco workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Time on the road ↓
Jobs in Frisco have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Frisco went from 42,361 in 2013 to 92,345 in 2023, +118%. The jobs ↓
Frisco’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Frisco is Dallas, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 17% of working residents (19,016) 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.
Why Frisco gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Frisco is better than 93% of U.S. towns, #56 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car holds Frisco’s grade up (ahead of 97% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Frisco could be anywhere from A to A+.
How long Frisco spends getting to work: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Frisco workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 70,894 commuters (the 38% 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 the 92,345 jobs in Frisco are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Frisco, 2013 → 2023: 42,361 → 92,345. 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 Frisco’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Frisco works
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.
A workday in Frisco: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 95,079 residents head out to work, 15,128 work right here, and 77,217 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 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 Frisco clocks in
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.
Frisco is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Frisco is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns, #227 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.8% 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 113,942 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 41% 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). 3.3% of Frisco households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Frisco’s commuters take a bus or train.
These are town averages; neighborhoods differ.
Out of 109 U.S. towns of 166,000 to 320,000, Frisco comes 3rd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Hempstead NY | 238,982 | $158K | 4.5% | 4.1% | 20% | A |
| 2 | Oyster Bay NY | 301,115 | $160K | 3.9% | 4.6% | 19% | A |
| 3 | Frisco TX | 236,955 | $150K | 3.6% | 4.6% | 14% | A |
| 4 | Huntington NY | 205,891 | $168K | 5.0% | 4.3% | 23% | A |
| 5 | Arlington VA | 236,254 | $142K | 7.4% | 3.3% | 20% | A |
| 6 | McKinney TX | 236,001 | $124K | 5.7% | 3.7% | 13% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Plano TX | 293,028 | $112K | 6.8% | 4.0% | 23% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Irving TX | 257,076 | $82K | 11.0% | 4.5% | 21% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 109 | Shreveport LA | 175,902 | $49K | 23.5% | 9.0% | 61% | C− |
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 Frisco, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
20% of Frisco works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Plano (17%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Frisco workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frisco | – | A | B | 29 min | $150,212 |
| The Colony | under 3% | A | B | 27 min | $114,511 |
| McKinney | 3% | A | B | 28 min | $124,215 |
| Little Elm | under 3% | B+ | C | 35 min | $119,219 |
| Plano | 17% | A | A− | 25 min | $112,253 |
| Hackberry | under 3% | B+ | C | 33 min | $109,769 |
| Prosper | under 3% | A | C | 30 min | $195,281 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Frisco’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 Frisco: questions
What is the median household income in Frisco?
$150,212 (±$6,821) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Frisco?
3.6%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Frisco?
29 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 38% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Frisco work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (17%, 25 mi), Plano (17%, 8 mi), Irving (6%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Frisco walkable?
Frisco is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Frisco without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Frisco, from the people who make the trip.
More of Frisco
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.