Work & commute · Kennedale

Work & commute in Kennedale, TX

Most working residents leave Kennedale for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Worth (22%), Arlington (18%) and Dallas (10%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

158 of 4,150 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 3,992 Kennedale residents head out of town to work, 158 work right here, and 2,877 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kennedale.

3,992live here, work elsewhere

158live and work here

2,877work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kennedale goes to work

Fort Worth12.3 mi away

22%914

Arlington6.6 mi away

18%746

Dallas28.1 mi away

10%428

Irving20.6 mi away

4%172

Mansfield7.5 mi away

4%160

Grand Prairie11.6 mi away

4%159

Kennedale (in town)right here

4%158

Grapevine21.8 mi away

2%81

Plano39.1 mi away

1%59

Austin165 mi away

1%59

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%1,214

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

How far

How far Kennedale commutes

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

35%

39%

16%

35%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kennedale is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kennedale are

3,035 jobs are based in Kennedale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kennedale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kennedale

3,035 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Kennedale residents hold

4,150 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−17%

Jobs based in Kennedale, 2013 → 2023: 3,639 → 3,035. 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.