Work & commute · Camp Swift

Work & commute in Camp Swift, TX

Most working residents leave Camp Swift for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Austin (24%), Bastrop (10%) and San Antonio (5%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43 of 2,881 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,838 Camp Swift residents head out of town to work, 43 work right here, and 203 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Camp Swift.

2,838live here, work elsewhere

43live and work here

203work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Camp Swift goes to work

Austin28.6 mi away

24%693

Bastrop5.4 mi away

10%292

San Antonio89.2 mi away

5%155

Houston117.3 mi away

5%143

Dallas182.7 mi away

2%70

Round Rock32.1 mi away

2%69

Giddings21.8 mi away

2%55

Elgin12.9 mi away

2%50

Camp Swift (in town)right here

1%43

San Marcos44.2 mi away

1%41

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%1,270

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

How far

How far Camp Swift commutes

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

17%

12%

34%

37%

17%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Camp Swift is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Camp Swift are

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

Jobs based in Camp Swift

246 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Camp Swift residents hold

2,881 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−47%

Jobs based in Camp Swift, 2013 → 2023: 460 → 246. 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.