Work & commute · Runaway Bay

Work & commute in Runaway Bay, TX

Most working residents leave Runaway Bay for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Worth (16%), Decatur (7%) and Bridgeport (5%). Half commute less than 42 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 651 working residents

Typical commute

42 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 642 Runaway Bay residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 196 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Runaway Bay.

642live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

196work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Runaway Bay goes to work

Fort Worth40.9 mi away

16%106

Decatur15.8 mi away

7%43

Bridgeport5 mi away

5%35

Denton41.5 mi away

4%23

Irving56.4 mi away

3%21

Weatherford30.6 mi away

3%19

Springtown18.5 mi away

2%15

Dallas69 mi away

2%14

Wichita Falls62.6 mi away

2%13

Lewisville52.1 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%350

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

How far

How far Runaway Bay commutes

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

10%

19%

37%

35%

10%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Runaway Bay is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Runaway Bay are

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

Jobs based in Runaway Bay

205 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)58%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Runaway Bay residents hold

651 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−2%

Jobs based in Runaway Bay, 2013 → 2023: 209 → 205. 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.