Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Walnut Springs works elsewhere
Only 2% work in Walnut Springs itself; outside it, Glen Rose draws the most (6%, 13 miles). Employers in Walnut Springs report 80 jobs for 316 working residents. 7% of workers work from home; Texas has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Walnut Springs stands out on work
A big share show a job far from home
48% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Walnut Springs is a place people come home to
There are 80 jobs based in Walnut Springs, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Walnut Springs has about 670 people in it, 26% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 316 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many miles Walnut Springs commutes
About 48% 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.
Who works in Walnut Springs, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 310 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 74 people come in from elsewhere.
About 670 people are in Walnut Springs on a workday afternoon, 26% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The places Walnut Springs commutes to
Where Walnut Springs clocks in
6% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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.
Most jobs in Walnut Springs are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Walnut Springs, 2014 → 2024: 45 → 80. 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 Walnut Springs’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 27 minutes to work from Walnut Springs
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Walnut Springs workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 309 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.
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.
Jobs and commuting in Walnut Springs: questions
What is the median household income in Walnut Springs?
$31,667 (±$15,779) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Walnut Springs?
18.9%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Walnut Springs?
27 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Walnut Springs work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Glen Rose (6%, 13 mi), Fort Worth (6%, 55 mi), Meridian (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Walnut Springs 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 Walnut Springs, from the people who make the trip.
More of Walnut Springs
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.