Work & commute · Lakeway

Work & commute in Lakeway, TX

Most working residents leave Lakeway for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Austin (41%), Bee Cave (7%) and Houston (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

689 of 7,826 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

50%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,137 Lakeway residents head out of town to work, 689 work right here, and 6,733 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lakeway.

7,137live here, work elsewhere

689live and work here

6,733work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lakeway goes to work

Austin14.4 mi away

41%3,206

Lakeway (in town)right here

9%689

Bee Cave3.5 mi away

7%580

Houston160.2 mi away

4%285

San Antonio69.6 mi away

4%275

Dallas183.1 mi away

2%174

Round Rock22.6 mi away

2%155

Cedar Park14.6 mi away

1%99

Leander16.9 mi away

1%69

The Hills0.6 mi away

1%68

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%2,226

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

How far

How far Lakeway commutes

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

25%

48%

24%

25%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lakeway is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lakeway are

7,422 jobs are based in Lakeway. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lakeway’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lakeway

7,422 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Lakeway residents hold

7,826 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+76%

Jobs based in Lakeway, 2013 → 2023: 4,206 → 7,422. 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.