Work & commute · Elgin

Work & commute in Elgin, TX

Most working residents leave Elgin for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Austin (40%), Round Rock (4%) and San Antonio (3%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

511 of 5,221 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 4,710 Elgin residents head out of town to work, 511 work right here, and 3,065 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elgin.

4,710live here, work elsewhere

511live and work here

3,065work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elgin goes to work

Austin21.9 mi away

40%2,111

Elgin (in town)right here

10%511

Round Rock20.1 mi away

4%194

San Antonio91.6 mi away

3%162

Houston126.1 mi away

3%145

Dallas172.5 mi away

2%114

Pflugerville14 mi away

2%102

Manor9.9 mi away

2%100

Bastrop17 mi away

1%75

Temple51.9 mi away

1%63

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%1,644

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

How far

How far Elgin commutes

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

13%

51%

11%

25%

13%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elgin is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elgin are

3,576 jobs are based in Elgin. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Elgin’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Elgin

3,576 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Elgin residents hold

5,221 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+75%

Jobs based in Elgin, 2013 → 2023: 2,045 → 3,576. 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.