Work & commute · Lakeside

Work & commute in Lakeside, TX

Most working residents leave Lakeside for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Wichita Falls (56%), Arlington (2%) and Fort Worth (2%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 571 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 564 Lakeside residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lakeside.

564live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

44work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lakeside goes to work

Wichita Falls5.4 mi away

56%317

Arlington113 mi away

2%13

Fort Worth99.9 mi away

2%11

Houston335.1 mi away

2%9

Lawton, OK54.9 mi away

1%7

Lakeside City (in town)right here

1%7

Denton91 mi away

1%7

Burkburnett17 mi away

1%6

Dallas124.9 mi away

1%6

Grand Prairie118.4 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%183

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

How far

How far Lakeside commutes

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

63%

30%

63%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lakeside is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lakeside are

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

Jobs based in Lakeside

51 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Lakeside residents hold

571 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−64%

Jobs based in Lakeside, 2013 → 2023: 140 → 51. 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.