Work & commute · Buda

Work & commute in Buda, TX

Most working residents leave Buda for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Austin (50%), San Antonio (4%) and San Marcos (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

379 of 7,687 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 7,308 Buda residents head out of town to work, 379 work right here, and 9,941 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buda.

7,308live here, work elsewhere

379live and work here

9,941work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Buda goes to work

Austin16.5 mi away

50%3,853

Buda (in town)right here

5%379

San Antonio58.5 mi away

4%322

San Marcos14.8 mi away

4%299

Houston148.8 mi away

3%223

Kyle5.9 mi away

2%186

Round Rock33.2 mi away

2%185

Dallas198.4 mi away

2%146

New Braunfels30.4 mi away

1%74

Plano215.6 mi away

1%62

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%1,958

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

How far

How far Buda commutes

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

15%

55%

10%

19%

15%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Buda is balanced between jobs and homes

1.34jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.34 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Buda are

10,320 jobs are based in Buda. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Buda’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Buda

10,320 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Buda residents hold

7,687 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 month18%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+148%

Jobs based in Buda, 2013 → 2023: 4,157 → 10,320. 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.