Households in Sachse have higher incomes than those in 92% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Sachse A; getting around on foot earns it B. Below the poverty line: 3.3% of residents, next to 13.8% for Texas as a whole. 25% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Sachse apart
Jobs in Sachse have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Sachse went from 1,136 in 2013 to 3,053 in 2023, +169%. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Sachse
69% of Sachse residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 40% of the jobs based in Sachse pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Sachse is a place people come home to
There are 3,053 jobs based in Sachse, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Sachse has about 21,000 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Sachse and Dallas trade workers both ways
Dallas is the top workplace for Sachse residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Sachse come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A lot of Sachse works from home
25% of Sachse workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Time on the road ↓
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 Sachse
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sachse is better than 91% of U.S. towns, #78 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car holds Sachse’s grade up (ahead of 96% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.2%, 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, Sachse could be anywhere from A− to A+.
What work there is in Sachse: 3,053 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sachse, 2013 → 2023: 1,136 → 3,053. 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 Sachse’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Sachse quiets down on a workday
On a workday 14,375 residents head out to work, 226 work right here, and 2,827 people come in from elsewhere.
About 21,000 people are in Sachse on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
0.21 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.
Where Sachse’s working residents head each day
Where Sachse clocks in
10% 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.
Each way, about 30 minutes from Sachse
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sachse workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 12,123 commuters (the 25% 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.
How many miles Sachse commutes
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 Sachse is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sachse is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns, #242 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.0% 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 16,227 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). 2.6% of Sachse households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Sachse’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Sachse is 219th among 1,283 U.S. towns of 23,000 to 44,000
| # | 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 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Colleyville TX | 25,727 | $218K | 2.5% | 3.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Corinth TX | 25,297 | $121K | 3.5% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 217 | Miami Lakes FL | 33,067 | $102K | 6.0% | 3.1% | 9% | A |
| 218 | Westlake OH | 33,904 | $112K | 4.9% | 3.5% | 15% | A |
| 219 | Sachse TX | 32,834 | $132K | 3.3% | 5.2% | 2% | A |
| 220 | Newtown CT | 28,183 | $155K | 4.5% | 3.7% | 14% | A |
| 221 | Lincoln Township IN | 39,284 | $103K | 7.6% | 1.8% | 10% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,283 | 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 Sachse, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Next door is work for 13% of Sachse
The biggest share goes to Garland (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Sachse’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 Sachse: questions
What is the median household income in Sachse?
$131,808 (±$8,911) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sachse?
3.3%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sachse?
30 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sachse work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (25%, 16 mi), Plano (10%, 11 mi), Richardson (10%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sachse walkable?
Sachse is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sachse 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 Sachse, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sachse
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.