Work & commute · Bluff Dale

Work & commute in Bluff Dale, TX

Most working residents leave Bluff Dale for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Stephenville (18%), Fort Worth (12%) and Granbury (5%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 57 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 56 Bluff Dale residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bluff Dale.

56live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

31work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bluff Dale goes to work

Stephenville14.7 mi away

18%10

Fort Worth49.4 mi away

12%7

Granbury15.7 mi away

5%3

San Antonio201.7 mi away

5%3

Dallas79.4 mi away

4%2

Garland89.9 mi away

4%2

Dublin25.8 mi away

2%1

Glen Rose17.7 mi away

2%1

Jacksboro61.3 mi away

2%1

Plainview248.6 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%26

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

How far

How far Bluff Dale commutes

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

33%

25%

40%

2%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bluff Dale is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.56 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bluff Dale are

32 jobs are based in Bluff Dale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bluff Dale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bluff Dale

32 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Bluff Dale residents hold

57 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+3100%

Jobs based in Bluff Dale, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 32. 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.