Work & commute · Burnet

Work & commute in Burnet, TX

Most working residents leave Burnet for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Austin (16%), Marble Falls (9%) and Round Rock (3%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

405 of 3,139 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,734 Burnet residents head out of town to work, 405 work right here, and 2,831 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Burnet.

2,734live here, work elsewhere

405live and work here

2,831work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Burnet goes to work

Austin42.5 mi away

16%508

Burnet (in town)right here

13%405

Marble Falls13.4 mi away

9%285

Round Rock37.5 mi away

3%96

San Antonio90.6 mi away

3%95

Liberty Hill20.7 mi away

2%71

Leander25.5 mi away

2%55

Georgetown32.6 mi away

2%54

Houston182.6 mi away

2%53

Horseshoe Bay16.8 mi away

1%43

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%1,474

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

How far

How far Burnet commutes

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

16%

20%

33%

30%

16%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Burnet is balanced between jobs and homes

1.03jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Burnet are

3,236 jobs are based in Burnet. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Burnet’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Burnet

3,236 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Burnet residents hold

3,139 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+19%

Jobs based in Burnet, 2013 → 2023: 2,710 → 3,236. 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.