Work & commute · Oak Leaf

Work & commute in Oak Leaf, TX

Most working residents leave Oak Leaf for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Dallas (29%), Waxahachie (6%) and Fort Worth (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 873 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 871 Oak Leaf residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oak Leaf.

871live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

29work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oak Leaf goes to work

Dallas20.3 mi away

29%252

Waxahachie7.4 mi away

6%56

Fort Worth34.6 mi away

5%43

Irving25.1 mi away

4%33

Midlothian8.6 mi away

3%30

Arlington20.7 mi away

3%27

Red Oak3.9 mi away

3%26

DeSoto6.3 mi away

3%23

Lancaster7.5 mi away

2%21

Grand Prairie15.4 mi away

2%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%341

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

How far

How far Oak Leaf commutes

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

23%

39%

27%

11%

23%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oak Leaf is a commuter town

0.04jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oak Leaf are

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

Jobs based in Oak Leaf

31 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Oak Leaf residents hold

873 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+24%

Jobs based in Oak Leaf, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 31. 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.