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Work & commute in Carl's Corner · A commuter town

100% of Carl's Corner’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Carl's Corner for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Hillsboro (14%), Fort Worth (9%) and Dallas (7%). Half commute less than 44 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 69 working residents
Typical commute
44 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
41 min
More than TX (27 min)
Work from home
0%
Less than TX (14%)
Jobs based here
41
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Carl's Corner?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

14% of working residents work in Hillsboro

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

GarrisonMaudItascaWhitney: 2 residents work here (3%)Carl's CornerLacy-LakeviewCiscoFairfieldBalch SpringsHillsboro: 10 residents work here (14%)Cleburne: 2 residents work here (3%)Austin: 2 residents work here (3%)Dallas: 5 residents work here (7%)Fort Worth: 6 residents work here (9%)MidlandGarland: 2 residents work here (3%)Waco: 5 residents work here (7%)Arlington: 2 residents work here (3%)Waxahachie: 3 residents work here (4%)HillsboroFort WorthDallasWacoWaxahachieWhitneyCarl's Corner
1
Hillsboro6.4 mi away
14%10
2
Fort Worth51.2 mi away
9%6
3
Dallas51.8 mi away
7%5
4
Waco37.2 mi away
7%5
5
Waxahachie25.2 mi away
4%3
6
Whitney18.1 mi away
3%2
7
Cleburne28.1 mi away
3%2
8
Austin130.1 mi away
3%2
9
Garland62.2 mi away
3%2
10
Arlington42.8 mi away
3%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
43%30
The top trips

Where Carl's Corner clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

About 41 minutes each way, longer than most of Texas

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
311 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Carl's Corner41 min
Texas27 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Carl's Corner workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
Day and night

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 69 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere.

69live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
41work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night300
Workday270
300live here− 69head out to work+ 41come in to work= 270on a workday

About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.59jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Carl's Corner commutes less than 44 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miHillsboro: 14% · 6.4 miFort Worth: 9% · 51.2 miDallas: 7% · 51.8 miWaco: 7% · 37.2 miWaxahachie: 4% · 25.2 miWhitney: 3% · 18.1 miCleburne: 3% · 28.1 miAustin: 3% · 130.1 miGarland: 3% · 62.2 miArlington: 3% · 42.8 miHillsboro 14%Fort Worth 9%Dallas 7%Waco 7%Waxahachie 4%Carl's Corner
Carl's CornerTop destinations (size = commuters)
19%Under 10 mi13 residents
9%10–24 mi6 residents
36%25–50 mi25 residents
36%Over 50 mi25 residents

About 36% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

What the 41 jobs in Carl's Corner are

41 jobs are based in Carl's Corner. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Carl's Corner’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Carl's CornerJobs Carl's Corner residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms12%28%
Trade, transport & utilities88%17%
Services: health, schools, offices0%55%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less17%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month44%35%
Over $3,333 a month39%52%

Who does it

29 or younger29%28%
30 to 5441%43%
55 and older29%29%
−41%

Jobs based in Carl's Corner, 2013 → 2023: 69 → 41. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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