Photo: Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Lewisville are higher than in 67% of U.S. towns
About one in ten work in Lewisville; the top destination outside it is Dallas (17%, 21 miles). 7.9% of residents live below the poverty line, next to 13.8% for Texas as a whole. The two grades for Lewisville are A− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Lewisville: the gist
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Lewisville
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lewisville is better than 78% of U.S. towns, #157 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car holds Lewisville’s grade up (ahead of 98% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.3%, 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, Lewisville could be anywhere from B+ to A.
How many people are in Lewisville by day
On a workday 65,582 residents head out to work, 6,030 work right here, and 56,234 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 (0.87 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Lewisville: the destinations
Where Lewisville clocks in
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.
68% of the jobs in Lewisville pay over $3,333 a month
62,264 jobs are based in Lewisville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lewisville, 2014 → 2024: 46,526 → 62,264. 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 Lewisville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Lewisville spends getting to work: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lewisville workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 59,825 commuters (the 19% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Lewisville
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.
Most trips from Lewisville start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lewisville is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns, #105 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.7% 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 74,128 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 67% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 21% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 74% 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). 4.6% of Lewisville households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Lewisville’s commuters take a bus or train.
These are town averages; neighborhoods differ.
For jobs and income, Lewisville is 57th of 263 U.S. towns of 97,000 to 188,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carmel IN | 105,634 | $142K | 3.9% | 2.7% | 22% | A+ |
| 2 | Clay Township IN | 104,932 | $142K | 3.9% | 2.7% | 22% | A+ |
| 3 | Fishers IN | 104,812 | $130K | 4.0% | 2.8% | 14% | A+ |
| 4 | Pearland TX | 129,930 | $119K | 4.1% | 3.3% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Allen TX | 113,447 | $131K | 6.1% | 3.7% | 10% | A |
| 11 | Sugar Land TX | 107,726 | $136K | 5.5% | 4.1% | 14% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Fort Collins CO | 171,500 | $85K | 15.8% | 5.4% | 46% | A− |
| 56 | Carlsbad CA | 112,260 | $143K | 6.9% | 5.5% | 22% | A− |
| 57 | Lewisville TX | 139,006 | $89K | 7.9% | 4.3% | 8% | A− |
| 58 | Hanover Township IL | 97,956 | $100K | 9.9% | 4.0% | 5% | A− |
| 59 | Torrance CA | 138,391 | $116K | 7.8% | 6.0% | 18% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 263 | Macon-Bibb County GA | 157,556 | $51K | 24.7% | 8.1% | 52% | 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 Lewisville, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Next door is work for 16% of Lewisville
The biggest share goes to Carrollton (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lewisville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewisville | – | A− | B+ | 25 min | $89,233 |
| Hickory Creek | under 3% | A+ | C− | 27 min | $148,852 |
| Carrollton | 5% | A | A− | 24 min | $101,396 |
| Coppell | 3% | A+ | B | 24 min | $146,235 |
| The Colony | under 3% | A | B | 27 min | $114,511 |
| Highland Village | under 3% | A+ | B | 26 min | $159,828 |
| Hebron | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Flower Mound | 5% | A+ | B− | 26 min | $161,235 |
| Grapevine | 3% | A− | B+ | 22 min | $111,376 |
Same-state neighbors only. Hebron: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lewisville’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 Lewisville: questions
What is the median household income in Lewisville?
$89,233 (±$3,214) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lewisville?
7.9%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lewisville?
25 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lewisville work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (17%, 21 mi), Irving (8%, 13 mi), Plano (7%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Lewisville walkable?
Lewisville is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 11.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lewisville without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 21% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lewisville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lewisville
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.