Work & commute · Lake Kiowa

Work & commute in Lake Kiowa, TX

Most working residents leave Lake Kiowa for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Gainesville (12%), Denton (8%) and Dallas (5%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 975 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 954 Lake Kiowa residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 180 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Kiowa.

954live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

180work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Kiowa goes to work

Gainesville9.1 mi away

12%119

Denton25.5 mi away

8%81

Dallas55.6 mi away

5%52

Plano39.1 mi away

4%40

Sherman22.6 mi away

4%39

Frisco30.7 mi away

3%27

Fort Worth57.8 mi away

2%23

Lake Kiowa (in town)right here

2%21

Carrollton40.7 mi away

2%20

Lewisville36 mi away

2%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%534

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

How far

How far Lake Kiowa commutes

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

20%

18%

41%

21%

20%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

41%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Kiowa is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Kiowa are

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

Jobs based in Lake Kiowa

201 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Lake Kiowa residents hold

975 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+84%

Jobs based in Lake Kiowa, 2013 → 2023: 109 → 201. 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.