Work & commute · Northlake

Work & commute in Northlake, TX

Most working residents leave Northlake for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Dallas (13%), Fort Worth (11%) and Irving (9%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23 of 3,480 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 3,457 Northlake residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 2,109 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Northlake.

3,457live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

2,109work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Northlake goes to work

Dallas34.4 mi away

13%469

Fort Worth20.8 mi away

11%381

Irving22.4 mi away

9%299

Grapevine14.2 mi away

5%177

Denton12 mi away

5%175

Plano29.5 mi away

5%165

Westlake6.8 mi away

4%153

Southlake10.3 mi away

3%110

Flower Mound8.7 mi away

3%91

Lewisville16.5 mi away

2%73

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%1,387

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

How far

How far Northlake commutes

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

21%

43%

27%

21%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Northlake is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Northlake are

2,132 jobs are based in Northlake. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Northlake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Northlake

2,132 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Northlake residents hold

3,480 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+452%

Jobs based in Northlake, 2013 → 2023: 386 → 2,132. 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.