How far do you commute for work here in Dfw. We currently live in NE Plano and I work at 635/Preston. Most days are ~ 2025 minutes with a straight shot down 75.

We're planning on buying our first home and obviously money goes further the farther out you get. We've been looking at Sachse/Wylie or McKinney and I'm slightly worried about adding another 10 miles to the commute

When not working from home, 12 minutes. From west Frisco to south Frisco.

Growing up in a rural town where the max time to get from one side of the town to another was 10 mins, I'm lucky and thankful for my current situation.

No way I would move further away if I expected to be at that job the next 5 years.

There's plenty of great jobs in Collin County. In the long term, you'd want to be in a position to take one of those.

Between Sachse/Wylie or McKinney, I'd go with the latter because you'll be a lot closer to the growth in West Plano/Frisco.

No way I would move further away if I expected to be at that job the next 5 years.

I live in Fort Worth, near TCU, and work in Coppell, at belt line and 635. Takes an hour or so, depending on traffic. I've done it for 10 years. To be honest, I'm just used to it and it doesn't really bother me. I'd rather live where I like than be close to work. It's been super weird to not fill up my tank a single time the last 6 weeks.

I live in Prosper and work at 35/Inwood area. It is exactly 38 miles but a little over 1.5 hours coming in(I drop the kids at school at 7:15 then hit traffic). I leave at about 3:30 so I beat traffic out.

Yes the drive can be cumbersome but we love it up here. We previously lived at 380/coit area and moved a little bit northeast in December.

I should add that my time also involves me staying off of toll roads.

george07 said:

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I live in Fort Worth, near TCU, and work in Coppell, at belt line and 635. Takes an hour or so, depending on traffic. I've done it for 10 years. To be honest, I'm just used to it and it doesn't really bother me. I'd rather live where I like than be close to work. It's been super weird to not fill up my tank a single time the last 6 weeks.

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Same. I live in Fort Worth & currently commute to north Dallas just south of 635/75 interchange (commercial construction). My industry requires me to drive to a different location every year to two years so i finally just decided i'd live where i wanted to and drive to where i need to be.

I am 10 miles from my office downtown and would not want to live any farther away.

We moved to Wylie last year and love it. Moving here didn't change my commute time, though now I ride the DART (pre-Covid) and enjoy that commute so much more than driving. We grew up in smaller towns in Texas, and Wylie still has some feel of a small town. People are friendly here. NW Plano (where we used to live) had no identity and was cold/bland in comparison. Its also great not having to depend on SRT and DNT.

10/10 Would Move Again

Here's what I've found over the past several years:

Length of commute used to be one of the top factors for Buyers that I represented. Probably a virtual tie between Budget, Commute, and Schools.

Every year, the commute criteria becomes slightly less important overall. Not for everyone, but overall. I think the reason is that as time goes by Buyers are deciding that jobs change more frequently than in the past. More importantly than that, I think many of my clients have been given the ability to work from home at least part of the time (which continues to be the trend). Finally, generally speaking schools are really good in the suburbs and many clients are willing to extend the drive to work in order to be in a great ISD.

HomeFinderCody said:

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Here's what I've found over the past several years:

Length of commute used to be one of the top factors for Buyers that I represented. Probably a virtual tie between Budget, Commute, and Schools.

Every year, the commute criteria becomes slightly less important overall. Not for everyone, but overall. I think the reason is that as time goes by Buyers are deciding that jobs change more frequently than in the past. More importantly than that, I think many of my clients have been given the ability to work from home at least part of the time (which continues to be the trend). Finally, generally speaking schools are really good in the suburbs and many clients are willing to extend the drive to work in order to be in a great ISD.

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We were just having this conversation this week. We are both five minutes from our work living in urban Dallas. Over the last year and especially in the last month, we have come to the conclusion due to a variety of factors that we would like to get out of Dallas and live further out.

However, trading off our short commute and the fact that we love our house kept that from being realistic.

But with COVID forcing WFH and our employers recognizing that WFH will now be the normal that opens things up for us. In other words, if we end up in a new working normal where we only have to come into work 2-3 days per week (for example), we are much more willing to take on a longer commute if that means we are spending more of our time at home.

To answer the OPs original question I live in Southlake and commute to the FW West 7th area, only 30 minutes right now but 40-45 minutes in rush hour back in the good ol' days.

Live in NE Dallas and commute to the Galleria. 20-30 min in the morning, depending on what time I leave. 30-45 min in the evening depending on what time I leave and how many wrecks. I honestly expected my commute to be worse when we moved offices a couple of years ago, but 635 hasn't been the nightmare that I thought it would be. 45 min is about as long of a commute as I would want, and I'm much happier on the days where its 30 min.

I live in Arlington and work in far west Fort Worth. Anywhere from 30-45 minute drive each way. Not sure I could do alonger drive - but I work 10 hour days too.

Had a 28 mile commute, took about 38-40 minutes each way. Not a ton of traffic, just a long way to go. I got some audiobooks and podcasts and for the most part it was ok.

I changed jobs and now have a 13 mile commute that takes about 18 minutes, no stop lights, no traffic. It's great. Nice to be able to come home at lunch if I need or want to and I can get to the kids school in less than 15 minutes if something comes up.

Live and work in Richardson. Ten minutes away. The last five weeks though my commute has been about 15 seconds.

I'd choose Sachse/Wylie. Commute will be much better vs. McKinney. Part of Sachse is zoned to Wylie ISD. I'd try to purchase a home zoned to Wylie schools. Outstanding teachers, principals, support staff. And the superintendent is the best one I've ever seen. He's very active in the community.

We're actually looking at houses in McKinney tomorrow. I think my only real concern is the distance. I do typically get to work ~7AM and leave 3-4 so traffic usually isn't terrible. Not worried about schools since my wife teaches at Lucas Lovejoy and if we had kids they can go there.

Your work schedule makes all the difference. My daughter moved to Lucas to be in Lovejoy ISD and she doesn't have a problem commuting to Medical City Dallas because most of her cases are early in the morning.
Also, For 10 years I commuted from Garland to Arlington, but I usually was there for the start of the first shift which was at 6:00 so that wasn't too bad most of the time.

I'm not sold on the idea that there will be some type of major shift, by most employers, towards significantly increased WFH policies.

I live near the Fort Worth Zoo (Berkeley) and work downtown. The commute is about 8 minutes down a residential street. There is an obvious trade off - houses are older, smaller and more expensive - but I can't imagine wasting hours of my life commuting back and forth to work. If at all possible, live close to where you work.

CowtownEng said:

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I'm not sold on the idea that there will be some type of major shift, by most employers, towards significantly increased WFH policies.

I live near the Fort Worth Zoo (Berkeley) and work downtown. The commute is about 8 minutes down a residential street. There is an obvious trade off - houses are older, smaller and more expensive - but I can't imagine wasting hours of my life commuting back and forth to work. If at all possible, live close to where you work.

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I'm of the same opinion but each person has their own priorities. If someone wants to live in the burbs and have more house but sit in a car 2-3 hours a day up to them. Not for me. But up to them.

Short commute depends on what type of work you do.

I want to live at least a certain distance away from the industrial armpits of the metroplex where I ply my craft so have accepted a 30 minute commute as a requirement

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To answer the OPs original question I live in Southlake and commute to the FW West 7th area, only 30 minutes right now but 40-45 minutes in rush hour back in the good ol' days.

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Weaver?

Live by TCU, drive about 10 minutes down Forest Park to downtown.

Use to do TCU to Garland for a few years. Got used to it and learned to love talk radio. About 1:15 each way

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CowtownEng said:

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I'm not sold on the idea that there will be some type of major shift, by most employers, towards significantly increased WFH policies.

I live near the Fort Worth Zoo (Berkeley) and work downtown. The commute is about 8 minutes down a residential street. There is an obvious trade off - houses are older, smaller and more expensive - but I can't imagine wasting hours of my life commuting back and forth to work. If at all possible, live close to where you work.

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I'm of the same opinion but each person has their own priorities. If someone wants to live in the burbs and have more house but sit in a car 2-3 hours a day up to them. Not for me. But up to them.

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If we were to do it, it wouldn't be about more house. It would simply be to get out of the core of Dallas. Ideally, would want something with a minimum buffer of land and possibly on water. You know, like everyone else in America wants.

Trick is I would actually want same or smaller house and that will be like finding a unicorn.

Are you still teaching?

_lefraud_ said:

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Are you still teaching?

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Nope, back in Accounting

CowtownEng said:

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I'm not sold on the idea that there will be some type of major shift, by most employers, towards significantly increased WFH policies.

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I'm not either, but I will say my wife's company (a well-known name everyone is familiar with) is looking at going to a flex schedule after this ends primarily to relive overcrowding and consolidate office space. I think people are surprised how much productivity you can have at home if you do it right; I split time between WFH and the office and my days at home are much more productive.

Ag CPA said:

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CowtownEng said:

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I'm not sold on the idea that there will be some type of major shift, by most employers, towards significantly increased WFH policies.

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I'm not either, but I will say my wife's company (a well-known name everyone is familiar with) is looking at going to a flex schedule after this ends primarily to relive overcrowding and consolidate office space. I think people are surprised how much productivity you can have at home if you do it right; I split time between WFH and the office and my days at home are much more productive.

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Wouldn't be surprised by this on a large scale. Especially for back office type functions. Go to hotel type model where you come in 1/2 times a week if that.

I'm at Weaver but in the Dallas office....

35 min with minimal traffic at 630 am and 330 pm when I go to the office.

I live 61 miles from my work. Takes 55-65 minutes to get there. Made it in 51 minutes once when I hit the lights right.