Work & commute · Lake Dunlap

Work & commute in Lake Dunlap, TX

Most working residents leave Lake Dunlap for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are New Braunfels (25%), San Antonio (22%) and Austin (8%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 1,096 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,091 Lake Dunlap residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 96 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Dunlap.

1,091live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

96work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Dunlap goes to work

New Braunfels3.1 mi away

25%273

San Antonio30.4 mi away

22%236

Austin47.6 mi away

8%89

San Marcos16.5 mi away

5%57

Seguin8.5 mi away

4%41

Houston161.5 mi away

3%33

Schertz12.7 mi away

3%32

Live Oak17.6 mi away

1%15

Dallas229.3 mi away

1%10

Canyon Lake18 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%301

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

How far

How far Lake Dunlap commutes

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

32%

22%

27%

19%

32%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Dunlap is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Dunlap are

101 jobs are based in Lake Dunlap. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lake Dunlap’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lake Dunlap

101 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Lake Dunlap residents hold

1,096 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+42%

Jobs based in Lake Dunlap, 2013 → 2023: 71 → 101. 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.