Work & commute · Lago Vista

Work & commute in Lago Vista, TX

Most working residents leave Lago Vista for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Austin (39%), Cedar Park (5%) and Round Rock (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

437 of 4,482 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,045 Lago Vista residents head out of town to work, 437 work right here, and 931 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lago Vista.

4,045live here, work elsewhere

437live and work here

931work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lago Vista goes to work

Austin17.7 mi away

39%1,758

Lago Vista (in town)right here

10%437

Cedar Park11 mi away

5%212

Round Rock20.1 mi away

4%169

Leander11.4 mi away

4%169

San Antonio75.5 mi away

4%166

Houston162.2 mi away

3%140

Dallas177 mi away

2%86

Jonestown4.3 mi away

1%65

Georgetown22.9 mi away

1%52

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%1,228

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

How far

How far Lago Vista commutes

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

19%

56%

21%

19%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lago Vista is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lago Vista are

1,368 jobs are based in Lago Vista. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lago Vista’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lago Vista

1,368 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Lago Vista residents hold

4,482 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+69%

Jobs based in Lago Vista, 2013 → 2023: 808 → 1,368. 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.