Work & commute · DeCordova

Work & commute in DeCordova, TX

Most working residents leave DeCordova for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Granbury (19%), Fort Worth (17%) and Arlington (3%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23 of 1,418 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,395 DeCordova residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 155 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in DeCordova.

1,395live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

155work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where DeCordova goes to work

Granbury4.8 mi away

19%267

Fort Worth31.6 mi away

17%248

Arlington38 mi away

3%47

Abilene119.3 mi away

3%46

Irving51.5 mi away

3%46

Dallas59.5 mi away

3%43

Weatherford22.9 mi away

2%27

Cleburne17.2 mi away

2%26

DeCordova (in town)right here

2%23

Grand Prairie42.8 mi away

2%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%622

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

How far

How far DeCordova commutes

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

28%

14%

31%

27%

28%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

DeCordova is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in DeCordova are

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

Jobs based in DeCordova

178 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month52%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs DeCordova residents hold

1,418 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−18%

Jobs based in DeCordova, 2013 → 2023: 216 → 178. 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.