Work & commute · Georgetown

Work & commute in Georgetown, TX

Most working residents leave Georgetown for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Austin (31%), Round Rock (9%) and Houston (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

5,088 of 31,458 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 26,370 Georgetown residents head out of town to work, 5,088 work right here, and 24,555 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Georgetown.

26,370live here, work elsewhere

5,088live and work here

24,555work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Georgetown goes to work

Austin25.7 mi away

31%9,711

Georgetown (in town)right here

16%5,088

Round Rock10 mi away

9%2,938

Houston150.8 mi away

3%1,092

San Antonio96.8 mi away

3%964

Cedar Park13 mi away

2%721

Dallas156.7 mi away

2%616

Temple35.3 mi away

2%576

Leander11.7 mi away

2%491

Pflugerville16.4 mi away

1%437

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%8,824

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

How far

How far Georgetown commutes

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

26%

33%

18%

23%

26%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Georgetown is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Georgetown are

29,643 jobs are based in Georgetown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Georgetown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Georgetown

29,643 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Georgetown residents hold

31,458 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+55%

Jobs based in Georgetown, 2013 → 2023: 19,141 → 29,643. 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.