Work & commute · Western Lake

Work & commute in Western Lake, TX

Most working residents leave Western Lake for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Weatherford (18%), Fort Worth (18%) and Dallas (5%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 806 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 804 Western Lake residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Western Lake.

804live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

84work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Western Lake goes to work

Weatherford9.7 mi away

18%147

Fort Worth29.4 mi away

18%145

Dallas62.2 mi away

5%38

Arlington40.6 mi away

4%34

Irving51.9 mi away

2%19

Granbury13.2 mi away

2%16

Austin160.5 mi away

2%15

Mineral Wells20.5 mi away

2%14

Plano68.8 mi away

1%11

Houston242.8 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%356

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

How far

How far Western Lake commutes

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

23%

22%

28%

27%

23%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Western Lake is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Western Lake are

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

Jobs based in Western Lake

86 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less42%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month17%

Jobs Western Lake residents hold

806 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+975%

Jobs based in Western Lake, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 86. 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.