Lakeside has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Household incomes here are higher than in 85% of U.S. towns. Employers in Lakeside report 210 jobs, and 769 of its residents work somewhere. Lakeside grades A for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Lakeside, in a few figures
44% of Lakeside works in Fort Worth
337 working residents, 44%, have their main job in Fort Worth, 8.1 miles away across the town line. That’s far more as work in Lakeside itself. The commute map ↓
Lakeside is a place people come home to
There are 210 jobs based in Lakeside, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lakeside has about 1,000 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Lakeside workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 54 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 769 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Lakeside’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Lakeside is better than 90% of U.S. towns. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 91% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (8.5%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
Unemployment (2.0%) is left out: Lakeside’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Lakeside could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
44% of working residents work in Fort Worth
Where Lakeside clocks in
44% 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 leaves Lakeside for work, and who comes in
On a workday 767 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 208 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Lakeside on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
About 34 minutes each way for Lakeside’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lakeside workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 565 commuters (the 19% 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.
The kinds of work in Lakeside
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lakeside, 2013 → 2023: 221 → 210. 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 Lakeside’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Lakeside to work
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.
Driving is how Lakeside gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lakeside is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Lakeside near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 700 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 1.3% of Lakeside households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lakeside’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100, Lakeside comes 318th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Rollingwood TX | 1,466 | $240K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| 28 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 316 | Byron WI | 1,679 | $105K | 3.2% | 0.4% | 2% | A |
| 317 | Lake Shore UT | 1,129 | $99K | 0.0% | 20.0% | 1% | A |
| 318 | Lakeside TX | 1,588 | $112K | 8.5% | 2.0% | <1% | A |
| 319 | Fox Township IL | 1,674 | $116K | 1.5% | 0.4% | 1% | A |
| 320 | Hartford Township OH | 1,476 | $131K | 5.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Lakeside, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
The towns next door employ 44% of Lakeside
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lakeside workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeside | – | A | C | 34 min | $112,321 |
| Fort Worth | 44% | B | B+ | 27 min | $79,507 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Fort Worth. Darker towns draw more of Lakeside’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 Lakeside: questions
What is the median household income in Lakeside?
$112,321 (±$22,991) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lakeside?
8.5%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lakeside?
34 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lakeside work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Worth (44%, 8 mi), Dallas (6%, 41 mi), White Settlement (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lakeside walkable?
Lakeside is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lakeside without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lakeside, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lakeside
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.