Briaroaks has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
5% of workers work from home (Texas 14%). 8 jobs are based in Briaroaks; 330 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Briaroaks for work; outside it, Fort Worth is the main destination (26%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Briaroaks, in a few figures
Briaroaks is a place people come home to
There are 8 jobs based in Briaroaks, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Briaroaks has about 210 people in it, 60% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Briaroaks workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 330 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A workday in Briaroaks: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 328 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 210 people are in Briaroaks on a workday afternoon, 60% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Each way, about 36 minutes from Briaroaks
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Briaroaks workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 225 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where people from Briaroaks work
Where Briaroaks clocks in
26% of workers
10% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
100% of the jobs in Briaroaks pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Briaroaks, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 8. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Briaroaks’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Briaroaks
About 16% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Briaroaks: questions
What is the median household income in Briaroaks?
$101,875 (±$27,630) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Briaroaks?
1.1%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Briaroaks?
36 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Briaroaks work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Worth (26%, 20 mi), Burleson (10%, 2 mi), Arlington (7%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Briaroaks without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Briaroaks, from the people who make the trip.
More of Briaroaks
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.