Work & commute · Willow Park

Work & commute in Willow Park, TX

Most working residents leave Willow Park for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Worth (37%), Weatherford (7%) and Dallas (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

62 of 2,305 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,243 Willow Park residents head out of town to work, 62 work right here, and 2,467 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Willow Park.

2,243live here, work elsewhere

62live and work here

2,467work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Willow Park goes to work

Fort Worth17.6 mi away

37%860

Weatherford6.7 mi away

7%153

Dallas51.4 mi away

6%129

Aledo4.5 mi away

4%82

Willow Park (in town)right here

3%62

Irving40.2 mi away

2%56

Arlington30.8 mi away

2%49

Houston244.7 mi away

1%34

Hudson Oaks2.9 mi away

1%33

Austin169.8 mi away

1%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%820

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

How far

How far Willow Park commutes

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

19%

43%

21%

17%

19%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Willow Park is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Willow Park are

2,529 jobs are based in Willow Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Willow Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Willow Park

2,529 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Willow Park residents hold

2,305 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+24%

Jobs based in Willow Park, 2013 → 2023: 2,040 → 2,529. 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.