Work & commute · Lake Worth

Work & commute in Lake Worth, TX

Most working residents leave Lake Worth for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Worth (37%), Dallas (6%) and Arlington (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

143 of 2,164 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,021 Lake Worth residents head out of town to work, 143 work right here, and 4,655 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Worth.

2,021live here, work elsewhere

143live and work here

4,655work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Worth goes to work

Fort Worth5.2 mi away

37%793

Lake Worth (in town)right here

7%143

Dallas38.6 mi away

6%137

Arlington19.4 mi away

4%87

Irving26.9 mi away

3%66

Saginaw5.2 mi away

2%44

Grapevine22.2 mi away

2%35

Haltom City9.3 mi away

2%34

Plano42.9 mi away

2%34

Austin174.8 mi away

2%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%758

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

How far

How far Lake Worth commutes

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

43%

27%

20%

11%

43%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Worth is a job hub

2.22jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Worth are

4,798 jobs are based in Lake Worth. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lake Worth’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lake Worth

4,798 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Lake Worth residents hold

2,164 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+7%

Jobs based in Lake Worth, 2013 → 2023: 4,470 → 4,798. 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.