Work & commute · Leander

Work & commute in Leander, TX

Most working residents leave Leander for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Austin (44%), Round Rock (6%) and Cedar Park (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3,289 of 35,453 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 32,164 Leander residents head out of town to work, 3,289 work right here, and 14,266 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Leander.

32,164live here, work elsewhere

3,289live and work here

14,266work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Leander goes to work

Austin20.1 mi away

44%15,699

Leander (in town)right here

9%3,289

Round Rock12.3 mi away

6%2,228

Cedar Park5.1 mi away

6%2,211

Houston157.4 mi away

3%1,013

San Antonio86.4 mi away

3%902

Georgetown11.7 mi away

2%814

Dallas166.3 mi away

2%636

Pflugerville17.8 mi away

1%422

Liberty Hill6.7 mi away

1%288

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%7,951

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

How far

How far Leander commutes

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

24%

51%

18%

24%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Leander is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Leander are

17,555 jobs are based in Leander. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Leander’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Leander

17,555 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Leander residents hold

35,453 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+88%

Jobs based in Leander, 2013 → 2023: 9,335 → 17,555. 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.