Work & commute · Bedford

Work & commute in Bedford, TX

Most working residents leave Bedford for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Worth (16%), Dallas (12%) and Irving (9%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,797 of 25,214 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 23,417 Bedford residents head out of town to work, 1,797 work right here, and 20,413 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bedford.

23,417live here, work elsewhere

1,797live and work here

20,413work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bedford goes to work

Fort Worth13.2 mi away

16%4,125

Dallas21.7 mi away

12%3,113

Irving9.6 mi away

9%2,178

Grapevine7.1 mi away

8%1,930

Bedford (in town)right here

7%1,797

Arlington10 mi away

6%1,549

Grand Prairie13.3 mi away

3%713

Southlake7.5 mi away

2%512

Plano26.5 mi away

2%512

Hurst2.7 mi away

2%501

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%8,284

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

How far

How far Bedford commutes

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

42%

44%

42%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bedford is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bedford are

22,210 jobs are based in Bedford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bedford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bedford

22,210 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Bedford residents hold

25,214 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+4%

Jobs based in Bedford, 2013 → 2023: 21,425 → 22,210. 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.