Work & commute · Ponder

Work & commute in Ponder, TX

Most working residents leave Ponder for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Worth (12%), Dallas (11%) and Denton (8%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22 of 1,611 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,589 Ponder residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 613 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ponder.

1,589live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

613work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ponder goes to work

Fort Worth27.1 mi away

12%190

Dallas40.3 mi away

11%172

Denton9.5 mi away

8%136

Irving28.8 mi away

7%119

Grapevine20.7 mi away

4%68

Plano32.8 mi away

4%63

Flower Mound14.1 mi away

3%46

Lewisville20.5 mi away

3%45

Argyle8.2 mi away

2%38

Westlake14 mi away

2%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%698

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

How far

How far Ponder commutes

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

16%

36%

38%

16%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ponder is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ponder are

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

Jobs based in Ponder

635 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Ponder residents hold

1,611 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month73%

−14%

Jobs based in Ponder, 2013 → 2023: 740 → 635. 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.