Work & commute · Briarcliff

Work & commute in Briarcliff, TX

Most working residents leave Briarcliff for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Austin (37%), Bee Cave (8%) and Lakeway (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24 of 921 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

34%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 897 Briarcliff residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 190 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Briarcliff.

897live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

190work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Briarcliff goes to work

Austin18.9 mi away

37%342

Bee Cave8.6 mi away

8%70

Lakeway5.1 mi away

4%38

San Antonio71.4 mi away

4%35

Houston164.5 mi away

4%35

Briarcliff (in town)right here

3%24

Dallas181.1 mi away

2%20

Round Rock24.1 mi away

2%17

Fort Worth169 mi away

1%11

Georgetown27.3 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%319

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

How far

How far Briarcliff commutes

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

22%

47%

25%

22%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Briarcliff is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.23 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Briarcliff are

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

Jobs based in Briarcliff

214 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Briarcliff residents hold

921 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+96%

Jobs based in Briarcliff, 2013 → 2023: 109 → 214. 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.