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Jobs & commute in Coyote Flats

With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Coyote Flats works elsewhere

Working from home is the commute for 7% of workers, where Texas as a whole has 14%. There are 37 jobs in Coyote Flats, and 158 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Coyote Flats for work; outside it, Fort Worth is the main destination (22%, 30 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

The daily flow of workers through Coyote Flats

On a workday 158 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere.

158live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
37work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night300
Workday180
300live here− 160head out to work+ 37come in to work= 180on a workday

About 180 people are in Coyote Flats on a workday afternoon, 41% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.23jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

The places Coyote Flats commutes to

Jurupa ValleySan DiegoCoyote FlatsStantonRichland Hills: 2 residents work here (1%)KeeneAlvarado: 6 residents work here (4%)JoshuaThe ColonyCleburne: 12 residents work here (8%)Burleson: 8 residents work here (5%)Dallas: 8 residents work here (5%)Fort Worth: 35 residents work here (22%)Grand Prairie: 6 residents work here (4%)Houston: 8 residents work here (5%)Arlington: 13 residents work here (8%)Midlothian: 3 residents work here (2%)Fort WorthArlingtonCleburneBurlesonDallasHoustonCoyote Flats
1
Fort Worth29.6 mi away
22%35
2
Arlington25.7 mi away
8%13
3
Cleburne7 mi away
8%12
4
Burleson11.1 mi away
5%8
5
Dallas43 mi away
5%8
6
Houston210.3 mi away
5%8
7
Alvarado6 mi away
4%6
8
Grand Prairie27.4 mi away
4%6
9
Midlothian19.2 mi away
2%3
10
Richland Hills31.6 mi away
1%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
36%57
The top trips

Where Coyote Flats clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Coyote Flats works in goods: 92% of its jobs

Jobs based in Coyote FlatsJobs Coyote Flats residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms92%22%
Trade, transport & utilities0%23%
Services: health, schools, offices8%55%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less22%11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month38%22%
Over $3,333 a month41%66%

Who does it

29 or younger30%27%
30 to 5454%47%
55 and older16%25%
−49%

Jobs based in Coyote Flats, 2014 → 2024: 73 → 37. 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 2024.

Here is what they are, next to the jobs Coyote Flats’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

The daily trip from Coyote Flats: about 36 minutes

A year of commuting
272 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Coyote Flats36 min
Texas27 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
7%

of Coyote Flats workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Coyote Flats gets to work
92%Drive alone
3%Carpool
5%Other

Share of the 141 commuters (the 7% 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.

How far

Miles to work from Coyote Flats

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miFort Worth: 22% · 29.6 miArlington: 8% · 25.7 miCleburne: 8% · 7 miBurleson: 5% · 11.1 miDallas: 5% · 43 miHouston: 5% · 210.3 miAlvarado: 4% · 6 miGrand Prairie: 4% · 27.4 miMidlothian: 2% · 19.2 miRichland Hills: 1% · 31.6 miFort Worth 22%Arlington 8%Cleburne 8%Burleson 5%Dallas 5%Coyote Flats
Coyote FlatsTop destinations (size = commuters)
20%Under 10 mi31 residents
18%10–24 mi28 residents
44%25–50 mi69 residents
19%Over 50 mi30 residents

About 19% 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 2024.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Coyote Flats: questions

What is the median household income in Coyote Flats?

$63,125 (±$20,103) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Coyote Flats?

17.1%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Coyote Flats?

36 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Coyote Flats work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Worth (22%, 30 mi), Arlington (8%, 26 mi), Cleburne (8%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Coyote Flats without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Coyote Flats, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Coyote Flats

Coyote Flats home →

Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.