Work & commute · Kyle

Work & commute in Kyle, TX

Most working residents leave Kyle for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Austin (45%), San Marcos (8%) and San Antonio (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,333 of 25,149 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 23,816 Kyle residents head out of town to work, 1,333 work right here, and 7,580 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kyle.

23,816live here, work elsewhere

1,333live and work here

7,580work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kyle goes to work

Austin22.4 mi away

45%11,265

San Marcos8.9 mi away

8%1,928

Kyle (in town)right here

5%1,333

San Antonio53.2 mi away

4%1,091

Houston150.1 mi away

3%788

Buda5.9 mi away

3%715

Round Rock39 mi away

2%512

Dallas204.3 mi away

2%432

New Braunfels24.7 mi away

1%304

Lockhart14.5 mi away

1%171

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%6,610

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

How far

How far Kyle commutes

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

16%

46%

20%

18%

16%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kyle is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kyle are

8,913 jobs are based in Kyle. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kyle’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kyle

8,913 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Kyle residents hold

25,149 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+151%

Jobs based in Kyle, 2013 → 2023: 3,551 → 8,913. 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.