Work & commute · Westlake

Work & commute in Westlake, TX

Most working residents leave Westlake for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Dallas (16%), Fort Worth (13%) and Irving (10%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34 of 765 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

41%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 731 Westlake residents head out of town to work, 34 work right here, and 19,966 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westlake.

731live here, work elsewhere

34live and work here

19,966work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westlake goes to work

Dallas28.6 mi away

16%121

Fort Worth16.4 mi away

13%96

Irving16.2 mi away

10%74

Southlake3.8 mi away

7%55

Grapevine8.2 mi away

5%37

Westlake (in town)right here

4%34

Arlington20.2 mi away

4%27

Denton16.4 mi away

3%21

Keller3.8 mi away

3%20

Carrollton17.6 mi away

3%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%260

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

How far

How far Westlake commutes

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

27%

51%

14%

27%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westlake is a job hub

26.14jobs per working resident

A job hub

26.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Westlake are

20,000 jobs are based in Westlake. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Westlake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Westlake

20,000 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)98%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month7%

Over $3,333 a month91%

Jobs Westlake residents hold

765 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+250%

Jobs based in Westlake, 2013 → 2023: 5,710 → 20,000. 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.