Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Wylie has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Measured by household income, Wylie is ahead of 88% of U.S. towns. Wylie has 13,222 jobs; 30,044 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Wylie A; getting around on foot earns it B−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Wylie apart on work
Wylie has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Wylie went from 8,863 in 2013 to 13,222 in 2023, +49%. The jobs ↓
Home offices are common in Wylie
23% of Wylie 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.
The figures behind Wylie’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wylie is better than 90% of U.S. towns, #83 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 (4.0%, 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, Wylie could be anywhere from A− to A+.
What Wylie’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wylie, 2013 → 2023: 8,863 → 13,222. 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 Wylie’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Wylie: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wylie workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 24,177 commuters (the 23% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Wylie
On a workday 27,637 residents head out to work, 2,407 work right here, and 10,815 people come in from elsewhere.
About 47,000 people are in Wylie on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
21% of working residents work in Dallas
Where Wylie 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.
How far Wylie’s workers travel
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.
Driving is how Wylie gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wylie is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns, #304 of 642 in Texas. Both inputs place Wylie near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 31,266 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). 1.3% of Wylie households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Wylie’s commuters take a bus or train.
Wylie next to U.S. towns of 45,000 to 86,000: 90th of 687 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 4 | Keller TX | 46,078 | $175K | 3.4% | 2.7% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Flower Mound TX | 79,540 | $161K | 4.3% | 3.4% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 88 | Catalina Foothills AZ | 52,593 | $115K | 4.5% | 2.7% | 9% | A |
| 89 | Weston FL | 69,588 | $140K | 6.1% | 3.9% | 13% | A |
| 90 | Wylie TX | 63,842 | $120K | 5.6% | 4.0% | 8% | A |
| 91 | Noblesville IN | 76,111 | $104K | 5.3% | 2.9% | 15% | A |
| 92 | Hutto TX | 46,048 | $119K | 5.7% | 3.4% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 687 | Pahrump NV | 47,347 | $62K | 13.7% | 8.5% | 28% | 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 Wylie, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Next door to Wylie
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wylie workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wylie | – | A | B− | 31 min | $119,522 |
| Sachse | under 3% | A | B | 30 min | $131,808 |
| Parker | under 3% | A+ | C | 27 min | $229,080 |
| St. Paul | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Murphy | under 3% | A+ | B | 32 min | $175,699 |
| Lavon | under 3% | A | D | 34 min | $131,303 |
| Lucas | under 3% | A+ | C | 30 min | $221,364 |
Same-state neighbors only. St. Paul: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wylie’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 Wylie: questions
What is the median household income in Wylie?
$119,522 (±$6,369) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wylie?
5.6%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wylie?
31 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wylie work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (21%, 21 mi), Plano (11%, 13 mi), Richardson (8%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wylie walkable?
Wylie is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wylie without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wylie, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wylie
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.