Work & commute · Barton Creek

Work & commute in Barton Creek, TX

Most working residents leave Barton Creek for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Austin (48%), Houston (6%) and San Antonio (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

41 of 1,157 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

48%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,116 Barton Creek residents head out of town to work, 41 work right here, and 1,225 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Barton Creek.

1,116live here, work elsewhere

41live and work here

1,225work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Barton Creek goes to work

Austin7 mi away

48%552

Houston152.3 mi away

6%64

San Antonio68.9 mi away

5%58

Barton Creek (in town)right here

4%41

Dallas185.2 mi away

3%37

Bee Cave5.8 mi away

3%32

Round Rock20.8 mi away

2%20

West Lake Hills3.4 mi away

1%14

San Marcos28.6 mi away

1%14

Pflugerville19.6 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%314

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

How far

How far Barton Creek commutes

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

50%

18%

29%

50%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Barton Creek is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Barton Creek are

1,266 jobs are based in Barton Creek. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Barton Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Barton Creek

1,266 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)97%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Barton Creek residents hold

1,157 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+81%

Jobs based in Barton Creek, 2013 → 2023: 700 → 1,266. 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.