Work & commute · Garden Ridge

Work & commute in Garden Ridge, TX

Most working residents leave Garden Ridge for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are San Antonio (40%), New Braunfels (9%) and Austin (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31 of 1,753 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,722 Garden Ridge residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 1,064 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Garden Ridge.

1,722live here, work elsewhere

31live and work here

1,064work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Garden Ridge goes to work

San Antonio18.4 mi away

40%700

New Braunfels11.5 mi away

9%165

Austin56 mi away

7%120

Schertz5.6 mi away

5%95

Houston174.5 mi away

4%67

San Marcos26.9 mi away

2%32

Garden Ridge (in town)right here

2%31

Live Oak6.3 mi away

2%30

Cibolo6.8 mi away

1%21

Selma3.7 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%472

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

How far

How far Garden Ridge commutes

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

22%

47%

26%

22%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Garden Ridge is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Garden Ridge are

1,095 jobs are based in Garden Ridge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Garden Ridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Garden Ridge

1,095 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Garden Ridge residents hold

1,753 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+13%

Jobs based in Garden Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 969 → 1,095. 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.