Work & commute · Buchanan Dam

Work & commute in Buchanan Dam, TX

Most working residents leave Buchanan Dam for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Austin (22%), Marble Falls (6%) and Burnet (4%). Half commute less than 52 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 575 working residents

Typical commute

52 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 557 Buchanan Dam residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 102 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buchanan Dam.

557live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

102work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Buchanan Dam goes to work

Austin54.8 mi away

22%126

Marble Falls20.5 mi away

6%36

Burnet13.5 mi away

4%25

San Antonio93.6 mi away

4%22

Llano14 mi away

3%20

Kingsland10.3 mi away

3%19

Buchanan Dam (in town)right here

3%18

Houston196.1 mi away

2%12

Georgetown45.9 mi away

2%10

Round Rock51 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%278

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

How far

How far Buchanan Dam commutes

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

21%

16%

54%

9%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

54%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Buchanan Dam is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Buchanan Dam are

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

Jobs based in Buchanan Dam

120 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Buchanan Dam residents hold

575 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−53%

Jobs based in Buchanan Dam, 2013 → 2023: 255 → 120. 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.