Work & commute · Lakeside

Work & commute in Lakeside, TX

Most working residents leave Lakeside for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Worth (44%), Dallas (6%) and White Settlement (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 769 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 767 Lakeside residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 208 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lakeside.

767live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

208work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lakeside goes to work

Fort Worth8.1 mi away

44%337

Dallas41.4 mi away

6%46

White Settlement4.7 mi away

4%28

Arlington22.2 mi away

3%20

Plano45.3 mi away

2%17

Saginaw7.3 mi away

2%15

Irving29.7 mi away

2%14

Grand Prairie28.4 mi away

1%10

Houston243.3 mi away

1%10

Haltom City12.1 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%263

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.

36%

32%

22%

10%

36%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lakeside is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lakeside are

210 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

210 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Lakeside residents hold

769 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

−5%

Jobs based in Lakeside, 2013 → 2023: 221 → 210. 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.