Work & commute · Fort Worth

Work & commute in Fort Worth, TX

About one in 3 of Fort Worth’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Dallas (8%), Arlington (6%) and Irving (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37%

153,906 of 414,302 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 260,396 Fort Worth residents head out of town to work, 153,906 work right here, and 308,446 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort Worth.

260,396live here, work elsewhere

153,906live and work here

308,446work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fort Worth goes to work

Fort Worth (in town)right here

37%153,906

Dallas33.8 mi away

8%33,406

Arlington14.2 mi away

6%23,706

Irving22.6 mi away

4%17,518

Grapevine19 mi away

2%10,254

Grand Prairie20.3 mi away

2%8,279

Plano39.5 mi away

2%7,256

Houston237.2 mi away

1%5,890

Haltom City5.1 mi away

1%5,632

Austin173.2 mi away

1%5,619

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%142,836

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

How far

How far Fort Worth commutes

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

38%

34%

19%

10%

38%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fort Worth is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fort Worth are

462,352 jobs are based in Fort Worth. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fort Worth’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fort Worth

462,352 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Fort Worth residents hold

414,302 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+36%

Jobs based in Fort Worth, 2013 → 2023: 339,403 → 462,352. 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.