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Work & commute · Willow Grove

Work & commute in Willow Grove, TX

Most working residents leave Willow Grove for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Waco (43%), Woodway (3%) and Dallas (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
10 of 943 working residents
Typical commute
11 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
24 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
15%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 933 Willow Grove residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 272 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Willow Grove.

933live here, work elsewhere
10live and work here
272work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Willow Grove goes to work

Valley MillsCrawfordLorenaWoodwayHewittBellmeadMcGregorRobinsonAustinTempleDallasFort WorthHoustonWacoChina SpringWillow GroveWacoWoodwayDallasAustinHoustonHewittTempleFort WorthMcGregorLorenaWillow Grove
1
Waco6.3 mi away
43%405
2
Woodway5.7 mi away
3%31
3
Dallas90.7 mi away
3%29
4
Austin91.2 mi away
3%28
5
Houston166.9 mi away
2%23
6
Hewitt9.6 mi away
2%18
7
Temple31.9 mi away
2%18
8
Fort Worth84.5 mi away
2%18
9
McGregor12.2 mi away
1%14
10
Lorena13.2 mi away
1%11
Everywhere elseother towns and states
37%348

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

How far

How far Willow Grove commutes

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

44%Under 10 mi
18%10–24 mi
5%25–50 mi
33%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Willow Grove is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Willow Grove are

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

Jobs based in Willow Grove

282 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)52%
Trade, transport & utilities32%
Services (health, schools, offices…)16%
$1,250 a month or less9%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Willow Grove residents hold

943 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)17%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)65%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month67%
+34%

Jobs based in Willow Grove, 2013 → 2023: 211 → 282. 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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