Work & commute · Aledo

Work & commute in Aledo, TX

Most working residents leave Aledo for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Worth (39%), Dallas (6%) and Weatherford (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

105 of 2,306 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,201 Aledo residents head out of town to work, 105 work right here, and 1,703 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Aledo.

2,201live here, work elsewhere

105live and work here

1,703work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Aledo goes to work

Fort Worth16.2 mi away

39%903

Dallas49.4 mi away

6%140

Aledo (in town)right here

5%105

Weatherford10 mi away

3%67

Arlington28.1 mi away

3%64

Willow Park4.5 mi away

3%58

Irving38.7 mi away

2%51

Austin166 mi away

1%34

Grand Prairie34.2 mi away

1%33

Houston240.2 mi away

1%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%822

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Aledo commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

16%

46%

23%

15%

16%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Aledo is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Aledo are

1,808 jobs are based in Aledo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Aledo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Aledo

1,808 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Aledo residents hold

2,306 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+111%

Jobs based in Aledo, 2013 → 2023: 857 → 1,808. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.