Work & commute · Forest Hill

Work & commute in Forest Hill, TX

Most working residents leave Forest Hill for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Worth (31%), Dallas (11%) and Arlington (9%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

125 of 6,369 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 6,244 Forest Hill residents head out of town to work, 125 work right here, and 2,711 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Forest Hill.

6,244live here, work elsewhere

125live and work here

2,711work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Forest Hill goes to work

Fort Worth9.6 mi away

31%1,965

Dallas30.4 mi away

11%693

Arlington8.7 mi away

9%584

Irving21.9 mi away

4%278

Grand Prairie14.3 mi away

3%160

Plano40.3 mi away

2%132

Forest Hill (in town)right here

2%125

Houston227.6 mi away

2%110

Mansfield10.6 mi away

1%90

Austin165.8 mi away

1%86

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%2,146

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

How far

How far Forest Hill commutes

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

34%

33%

22%

11%

34%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Forest Hill is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Forest Hill are

2,836 jobs are based in Forest Hill. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Forest Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Forest Hill

2,836 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Forest Hill residents hold

6,369 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+15%

Jobs based in Forest Hill, 2013 → 2023: 2,470 → 2,836. 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.