There are 2.2 jobs in Lake Worth for every working resident, and 4,655 people commute in
There are 4,798 jobs in Lake Worth for 2,164 working residents. The two grades for Lake Worth are B− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Only 7% work in Lake Worth; the top destination outside it is Fort Worth (37%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Lake Worth: the gist
Lake Worth and Fort Worth trade workers both ways
Fort Worth is the top workplace for Lake Worth residents (37%) and also where the most people who work in Lake Worth come from (33% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Lake Worth is where the jobs are
Lake Worth has 4,798 jobs, 2.2 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 7,400 people are in town, 55% more than the 4,800 who live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Lake Worth
60% of Lake Worth residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 36% of the jobs based in Lake Worth pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 93% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
35% of the jobs based in Lake Worth are held by workers 29 or younger, against 24% of Lake Worth’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
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.
The figures behind Lake Worth’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lake Worth is better than 47% of U.S. towns, #314 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car holds Lake Worth’s grade up (ahead of 95% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (7.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lake Worth could be anywhere from C to A.
Commuting in to Lake Worth: where workers come from
Where Lake Worth clocks in
37% of workers
4% 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.
Who commutes out of Lake Worth, and who commutes in
On a workday 2,021 residents head out to work and 143 work right here.
About 7,400 people are in Lake Worth on a workday afternoon, 55% more than live here.
2.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The kinds of work in Lake Worth
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lake Worth, 2013 → 2023: 4,470 → 4,798. 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 Lake Worth’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Lake Worth takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lake Worth workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,108 commuters (the 12% 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.
Lake Worth’s commute, mile by mile
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.
For most of Lake Worth, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lake Worth is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns, #341 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.0% across Texas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,407 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 23% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 66% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.7% of Lake Worth households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lake Worth’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lake Worth is 2,188th of 3,867 U.S. towns of 3,300 to 6,400 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 8 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Garden Ridge TX | 4,371 | $177K | 0.4% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,186 | Williston Highlands FL | 3,666 | $80K | 8.3% | 3.5% | 1% | B− |
| 2,187 | West Ocean City MD | 5,198 | $97K | 6.4% | 10.7% | 15% | B− |
| 2,188 | Lake Worth TX | 4,766 | $82K | 16.6% | 7.7% | 7% | B− |
| 2,189 | Cambria Township PA | 5,672 | $73K | 5.1% | 6.2% | 15% | B− |
| 2,190 | Belvedere SC | 5,180 | $53K | 16.7% | 2.3% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,867 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Lake Worth, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Lake Worth and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lake Worth workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Worth | – | B− | C+ | 28 min | $81,910 |
| Sansom Park | under 2% | C | B− | 27 min | $42,257 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lake Worth’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Lake Worth: questions
What is the median household income in Lake Worth?
$81,910 (±$13,757) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lake Worth?
16.6%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lake Worth?
28 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lake Worth work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Worth (37%, 5 mi), Dallas (6%, 39 mi), Arlington (4%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lake Worth walkable?
Lake Worth is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 10.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lake Worth without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lake Worth, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lake Worth
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.