Work & commute · Fruitvale

Work & commute in Fruitvale, TX

Most working residents leave Fruitvale for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Tyler (7%), Houston (6%) and Canton (5%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 148 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 144 Fruitvale residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 137 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fruitvale.

144live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

137work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fruitvale goes to work

Tyler38.5 mi away

7%10

Houston201.8 mi away

6%9

Canton9.6 mi away

5%8

Terrell28.9 mi away

4%6

Dallas56.5 mi away

4%6

Grand Saline5.4 mi away

3%5

Fort Worth90 mi away

3%5

Fruitvale (in town)right here

3%4

Richardson56.2 mi away

3%4

Plano60.4 mi away

3%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%87

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

How far

How far Fruitvale commutes

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

30%

24%

37%

30%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fruitvale is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fruitvale are

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

Jobs based in Fruitvale

141 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Fruitvale residents hold

148 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−16%

Jobs based in Fruitvale, 2013 → 2023: 168 → 141. 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.