Texas home to 7 of the top 10 hardest-working cities in America

Hard work is a way of life in America, but who’s working the hardest? New research from Kempler Industries says all signs point to Texas, where an impressive seven cities earned spots on the top 10 list.

Those cities, in order: Plano, Dallas, Grand Prairie, Houston, Garland, Irving and Arlington. According to the research, all seven cities are home to senior workforce populations of 20% or more, which certainly helps bolster those results.

The dedication to the jobs they’re doing so diligently is there as well, as each of those cities, with the exception of Irving, has a commute longer than the national average of 26.4 minutes.

The ranking was about more than just the hours put in and took into consideration the average commute, percentage of workforce (senior and otherwise) and the amount of unused vacation days. Each was weighted on a 100-point scale. The full ranking can be seen here.

Take a look at the data:

• Plano (2nd): 40.1 hours per week; 26.5-minute commute; 73% 16-64 workforce; 25.4% senior workforce
• Dallas (3rd): 40.2 hours per week; 26.8-minute commute; 70.5% 16-64 workforce; 22.5% senior workforce
• Grand Prairie (4th): 39.5 hours per week; 28.6-minute commute; 71.3% 16-64 workforce; 22.4% senior workforce
• Houston (5th): 40 hours per week; 27-minute commute; 68.6% 16-64 workforce; 22% senior workforce
• Garland (6th): 39.1 hours per week; 28.6-minute commute; 68.2% 16-64 workforce; 23.1% senior workforce
• Irving (8th): 40.3 hours per week; 24.2-minute commute; 71.3% 16-64 workforce; 22.4% senior workforce
• Arlington (9th): 39.4 hours per week; 27.2-minute commute; 68.2% 16-64 workforce; 21.8% senior workforce

Two more Texas cities cracked the top 25 as well: Austin (13th) and Fort Worth (14th). It looks like hard work is just in Texans’ blood.

The other three cities to top the list are Washington, D.C. (1st), San Francisco, California (7th) and New York, New York (10th).