Dennis has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Hardly any work in Dennis itself; outside it, Fort Worth draws the most (16%, 36 miles). Dennis has 37 jobs for 229 working residents. At home: 24% of workers have no commute at all (Texas 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Dennis stands out on work
Dennis workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 50 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 383 hours of commuting, 176 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Dennis’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Dennis is Fort Worth, 36 miles away as the crow flies. 16% of working residents (36) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Dennis is a place people come home to
There are 37 jobs based in Dennis, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
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 229 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
From Dennis, about 50 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 15.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dennis workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 522 commuters (the 24% 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.
Miles to work from Dennis
About 33% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Dennis
On a workday 229 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere.
About 680 people are in Dennis on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
Where people from Dennis work
Where Dennis clocks in
16% of workers
14% 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.
In Dennis, 54% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dennis, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dennis’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Dennis: questions
What is the median household income in Dennis?
$139,383 (±$45,756) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dennis?
1.7%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dennis?
50 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dennis work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Worth (16%, 36 mi), Weatherford (14%, 14 mi), Dallas (6%, 69 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dennis without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dennis, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dennis
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.