Households in Willow Park earn more than those in 92% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Willow Park is better than 87% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (B−). 10.3% of residents live below the poverty line, where Texas as a whole has 13.8%. Only 3% stay in Willow Park for work; outside it, Fort Worth is the main destination (37%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Willow Park stands out on work
Willow Park trades workers with the towns around it
Willow Park has about as many jobs (2,529) as working residents (2,305), but they are mostly different people: 2,243 residents leave for work each day while 2,467 people come in. Only 2% of the jobs in Willow Park are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Willow Park
74% of Willow Park residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 42% of the jobs based in Willow Park pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Willow Park and Fort Worth trade workers both ways
Fort Worth is the top workplace for Willow Park residents (37%) and also where the most people who work in Willow Park come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
33% of the jobs based in Willow Park are held by workers 29 or younger, against 17% of Willow Park’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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Willow Park
Household income holds Willow Park’s grade up ($132,045, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down. It also does well on unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Willow Park could be anywhere from B to A+.
Willow Park on a workday afternoon
On a workday 2,243 residents head out to work, 62 work right here, and 2,467 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).
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 Willow Park
2,529 jobs are based in Willow Park.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Willow Park, 2013 → 2023: 2,040 → 2,529. 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 Willow Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where the trip to work from Willow Park ends
Where Willow Park clocks in
37% of workers
7% 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.
A commute of about 30 minutes in Willow Park
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Willow Park workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,654 commuters (the 16% 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 it is to work from Willow Park
About 17% 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 commute in Willow Park is mostly behind the wheel
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.1% of 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 3,168 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Willow Park households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Willow Park’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 5,200 to 10,000, Willow Park ranks 513th of 3,083 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 5 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
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| 17 | Hickory Creek TX | 6,875 | $149K | 2.6% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Alamo Heights TX | 7,632 | $183K | 2.5% | 2.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 511 | Rockcreek OR | 9,223 | $107K | 4.3% | 4.0% | 2% | A |
| 512 | Waterville OH | 6,037 | $104K | 4.3% | 3.2% | 5% | A |
| 513 | Willow Park TX | 7,439 | $132K | 10.3% | 2.3% | 3% | A |
| 514 | Worth Township IL | 8,856 | $117K | 5.7% | 2.6% | 5% | A |
| 515 | New Prague MN | 8,238 | $95K | 3.2% | 2.8% | 17% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,083 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Willow Park, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
How Willow Park compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Weatherford (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Willow Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Park | – | A | B− | 30 min | $132,045 |
| Weatherford | 7% | B+ | B | 25 min | $81,516 |
| Hudson Oaks | 1% | A | C+ | 30 min | $124,545 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Willow Park’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 Willow Park: questions
What is the median household income in Willow Park?
$132,045 (±$24,543) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Willow Park?
10.3%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Willow Park?
30 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Willow Park work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Worth (37%, 18 mi), Weatherford (7%, 7 mi), Dallas (6%, 51 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Willow Park walkable?
Willow Park is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Willow Park 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 Willow Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Willow Park
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.