Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Mansfield have higher incomes than those in 89% of U.S. towns
About one in seven work in Mansfield; the top destination outside it is Fort Worth (17%, 20 miles). 5.8% of residents live below the poverty line, where Texas as a whole has 13.8%. Jobs and income earn Mansfield A; getting around on foot earns it C+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Mansfield: the gist
Mansfield trades workers with the towns around it
Mansfield has about as many jobs (31,296) as working residents (35,958), but they are mostly different people: 31,334 residents leave for work each day while 26,672 people come in. Only 15% of the jobs in Mansfield are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Mansfield has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Mansfield went from 20,777 in 2013 to 31,296 in 2023, +51%. The jobs ↓
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.
Mansfield’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mansfield is better than 90% of U.S. towns, #80 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 95% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.9%, 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, Mansfield could be anywhere from A− to A+.
How a workday changes Mansfield
On a workday 31,334 residents head out to work, 4,624 work right here, and 26,672 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 2023, primary jobs.
The kinds of work in Mansfield
31,296 jobs are based in Mansfield.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mansfield, 2013 → 2023: 20,777 → 31,296. 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 Mansfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting out of Mansfield: the destinations
Where Mansfield clocks in
17% of workers
14% 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.
How long Mansfield 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 Mansfield workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 33,589 commuters (the 15% 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 Mansfield 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.
Most trips from Mansfield start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mansfield is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns, #356 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.9% 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 39,695 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 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). 2.2% of Mansfield households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mansfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
Mansfield is 53rd of 538 U.S. towns of 59,000 to 114,000 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Flower Mound TX | 79,540 | $161K | 4.3% | 3.4% | 10% | A+ |
| 12 | Celina TX | 64,427 | $171K | 4.7% | 2.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Woodbury MN | 81,558 | $125K | 5.3% | 3.9% | 11% | A |
| 52 | Hoboken NJ | 59,027 | $181K | 7.8% | 3.8% | 8% | A |
| 53 | Mansfield TX | 84,444 | $121K | 5.8% | 3.9% | 13% | A |
| 54 | St. Peters MO | 61,479 | $92K | 5.6% | 2.3% | 10% | A |
| 55 | Saratoga Springs UT | 61,397 | $129K | 5.0% | 2.7% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 538 | 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 Mansfield, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Next door is work for 19% of Mansfield
The biggest share goes to Arlington (14%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mansfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mansfield | – | A | C+ | 29 min | $121,126 |
| Grand Prairie | 5% | B | C+ | 28 min | $81,619 |
| Rendon | under 2% | A+ | D | 32 min | $117,888 |
| Arlington | 14% | B− | B | 27 min | $75,171 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mansfield’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 Mansfield: questions
What is the median household income in Mansfield?
$121,126 (±$4,768) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mansfield?
5.8%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mansfield?
29 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mansfield work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Worth (17%, 20 mi), Arlington (14%, 9 mi), Dallas (12%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mansfield walkable?
Mansfield is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mansfield without a car?
0% 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 Mansfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mansfield
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.