Work & commute · Kirby

Work & commute in Kirby, TX

Most working residents leave Kirby for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are San Antonio (63%), Live Oak (4%) and Austin (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31 of 3,172 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,141 Kirby residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 1,428 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kirby.

3,141live here, work elsewhere

31live and work here

1,428work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kirby goes to work

San Antonio8.4 mi away

63%1,992

Live Oak7 mi away

4%112

Austin69.1 mi away

3%83

Houston181.4 mi away

2%76

Schertz10.7 mi away

2%69

Dallas249.3 mi away

1%35

Kirby (in town)right here

1%31

New Braunfels23.1 mi away

1%26

Converse6 mi away

1%24

Leon Valley14 mi away

1%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%703

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

How far

How far Kirby commutes

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

52%

28%

18%

52%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kirby is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kirby are

1,459 jobs are based in Kirby. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kirby’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kirby

1,459 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Kirby residents hold

3,172 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+128%

Jobs based in Kirby, 2013 → 2023: 640 → 1,459. 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.