Work & commute · Alamo Heights

Work & commute in Alamo Heights, TX

Most working residents leave Alamo Heights for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are San Antonio (62%), Austin (5%) and Houston (2%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

187 of 2,928 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,741 Alamo Heights residents head out of town to work, 187 work right here, and 3,356 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alamo Heights.

2,741live here, work elsewhere

187live and work here

3,356work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alamo Heights goes to work

San Antonio3.7 mi away

62%1,810

Alamo Heights (in town)right here

6%187

Austin70.8 mi away

5%140

Houston186.1 mi away

2%69

Dallas249.9 mi away

1%43

New Braunfels26 mi away

1%28

Olmos Park1.2 mi away

1%18

Round Rock86.7 mi away

1%18

Terrell Hills1.3 mi away

1%17

Seguin30.9 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%581

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Alamo Heights commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

66%

22%

66%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alamo Heights is balanced between jobs and homes

1.21jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.21 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Alamo Heights are

3,543 jobs are based in Alamo Heights. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Alamo Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Alamo Heights

3,543 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Alamo Heights residents hold

2,928 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

−7%

Jobs based in Alamo Heights, 2013 → 2023: 3,799 → 3,543. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.