Work & commute · Bastrop

Work & commute in Bastrop, TX

Most working residents leave Bastrop for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Austin (36%), Houston (3%) and San Antonio (3%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

794 of 5,200 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,406 Bastrop residents head out of town to work, 794 work right here, and 7,280 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bastrop.

4,406live here, work elsewhere

794live and work here

7,280work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bastrop goes to work

Austin28.5 mi away

36%1,860

Bastrop (in town)right here

15%794

Houston118.2 mi away

3%167

San Antonio84.8 mi away

3%135

Round Rock34.8 mi away

3%133

Dallas188 mi away

2%113

San Marcos40.1 mi away

2%78

Georgetown44.2 mi away

1%49

Irving190.7 mi away

1%40

New Braunfels55.3 mi away

1%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%1,792

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

How far

How far Bastrop commutes

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

20%

10%

44%

26%

20%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

44%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bastrop is a job hub

1.55jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bastrop are

8,074 jobs are based in Bastrop. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bastrop’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bastrop

8,074 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Bastrop residents hold

5,200 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+46%

Jobs based in Bastrop, 2013 → 2023: 5,512 → 8,074. 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.