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Work & commute · River Oaks

Work & commute in River Oaks, TX

Most working residents leave River Oaks for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Worth (38%), Dallas (8%) and Arlington (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
99 of 3,390 working residents
Typical commute
15 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
28 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
8%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,291 River Oaks residents head out of town to work, 99 work right here, and 1,524 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in River Oaks.

3,291live here, work elsewhere
99live and work here
1,524work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where River Oaks goes to work

Sansom ParkRiver OaksLake WorthWhite SettlementSaginawAzleBenbrookHaltom CityPlanoAustinDallasFort WorthHoustonArlingtonIrvingFort WorthDallasArlingtonIrvingPlanoHaltom CityAustinSaginawHoustonRiver Oaks
1
Fort Worth2.9 mi away
38%1,277
2
Dallas36.7 mi away
8%285
3
Arlington16.7 mi away
4%148
4
Irving25.5 mi away
3%117
5
River Oaks (in town)right here
3%99
6
Plano42.2 mi away
3%85
7
Haltom City7.9 mi away
2%69
8
Austin172.5 mi away
2%62
9
Saginaw6.4 mi away
2%58
10
Houston238.3 mi away
1%42
Everywhere elseother towns and states
34%1,148

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

How far

How far River Oaks commutes

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

43%Under 10 mi
23%10–24 mi
23%25–50 mi
11%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

River Oaks is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in River Oaks are

1,623 jobs are based in River Oaks. Here is what they are, next to the jobs River Oaks’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in River Oaks

1,623 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)6%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)76%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs River Oaks residents hold

3,390 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)17%
Trade, transport & utilities25%
Services (health, schools, offices…)58%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month60%
+19%

Jobs based in River Oaks, 2013 → 2023: 1,361 → 1,623. 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.

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