Work & commute · Alvarado

Work & commute in Alvarado, TX

Most working residents leave Alvarado for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Worth (17%), Dallas (7%) and Arlington (6%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

201 of 2,585 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,384 Alvarado residents head out of town to work, 201 work right here, and 3,018 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alvarado.

2,384live here, work elsewhere

201live and work here

3,018work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alvarado goes to work

Fort Worth27 mi away

17%451

Alvarado (in town)right here

8%201

Dallas37 mi away

7%175

Arlington20.7 mi away

6%147

Mansfield12.2 mi away

5%127

Burleson9.8 mi away

4%109

Cleburne12.3 mi away

4%103

Midlothian13.5 mi away

3%84

Grand Prairie21.7 mi away

3%67

Irving34 mi away

2%61

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%1,060

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

How far

How far Alvarado commutes

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

17%

37%

29%

17%

17%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alvarado is balanced between jobs and homes

1.25jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.25 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Alvarado are

3,219 jobs are based in Alvarado. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Alvarado’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Alvarado

3,219 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Alvarado residents hold

2,585 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+23%

Jobs based in Alvarado, 2013 → 2023: 2,609 → 3,219. 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.