Work & commute · Horseshoe Bay

Work & commute in Horseshoe Bay, TX

Most working residents leave Horseshoe Bay for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Austin (19%), Marble Falls (11%) and San Antonio (3%). Half commute less than 40 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

209 of 1,694 working residents

Typical commute

40 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,485 Horseshoe Bay residents head out of town to work, 209 work right here, and 1,315 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Horseshoe Bay.

1,485live here, work elsewhere

209live and work here

1,315work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Horseshoe Bay goes to work

Austin40.9 mi away

19%330

Horseshoe Bay (in town)right here

12%209

Marble Falls6.3 mi away

11%183

San Antonio75 mi away

3%57

Dallas182.3 mi away

2%33

Round Rock42.7 mi away

2%29

Houston186.2 mi away

2%26

Temple70.6 mi away

1%24

Waco99.5 mi away

1%23

Fort Worth166.3 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%758

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

How far

How far Horseshoe Bay commutes

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

27%

33%

34%

27%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Horseshoe Bay is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Horseshoe Bay are

1,524 jobs are based in Horseshoe Bay. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Horseshoe Bay’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Horseshoe Bay

1,524 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Horseshoe Bay residents hold

1,694 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+24%

Jobs based in Horseshoe Bay, 2013 → 2023: 1,234 → 1,524. 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.