Work & commute · Lackland AFB

Work & commute in Lackland AFB, TX

Most working residents leave Lackland AFB for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Austin (16%), San Antonio (12%) and Houston (9%). Half commute less than 96 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 1,317 working residents

Typical commute

96 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

40%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,310 Lackland AFB residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 2,847 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lackland AFB.

1,310live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

2,847work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lackland AFB goes to work

Austin81.5 mi away

16%211

San Antonio7.7 mi away

12%152

Houston196 mi away

9%124

Dallas259.6 mi away

4%54

New Braunfels37.1 mi away

3%34

Corpus Christi142.8 mi away

2%30

Schertz25.2 mi away

2%27

Round Rock97.3 mi away

2%24

Irving258.9 mi away

2%24

Fort Worth246.3 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%620

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

How far

How far Lackland AFB commutes

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

12%

73%

6%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

73%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lackland AFB is a job hub

2.17jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Lackland AFB are

2,854 jobs are based in Lackland AFB. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lackland AFB’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lackland AFB

2,854 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Lackland AFB residents hold

1,317 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+101%

Jobs based in Lackland AFB, 2013 → 2023: 1,421 → 2,854. 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.