Work & commute · Fair Oaks Ranch

Work & commute in Fair Oaks Ranch, TX

Most working residents leave Fair Oaks Ranch for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are San Antonio (52%), Boerne (10%) and Austin (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

79 of 4,384 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

34%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,305 Fair Oaks Ranch residents head out of town to work, 79 work right here, and 946 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fair Oaks Ranch.

4,305live here, work elsewhere

79live and work here

946work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fair Oaks Ranch goes to work

San Antonio20.6 mi away

52%2,263

Boerne6 mi away

10%440

Austin65.4 mi away

4%196

Houston195 mi away

2%107

Leon Valley17.2 mi away

2%94

Fair Oaks Ranch (in town)right here

2%79

New Braunfels31.6 mi away

1%55

Dallas238 mi away

1%45

Bulverde12.4 mi away

1%24

Schertz26.4 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%1,058

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

How far

How far Fair Oaks Ranch commutes

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

20%

54%

19%

20%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fair Oaks Ranch is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fair Oaks Ranch are

1,025 jobs are based in Fair Oaks Ranch. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fair Oaks Ranch’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fair Oaks Ranch

1,025 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Fair Oaks Ranch residents hold

4,384 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+105%

Jobs based in Fair Oaks Ranch, 2013 → 2023: 499 → 1,025. 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.