Work & commute · Live Oak

Work & commute in Live Oak, TX

Most working residents leave Live Oak for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are San Antonio (53%), Austin (4%) and Schertz (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

363 of 6,622 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,259 Live Oak residents head out of town to work, 363 work right here, and 11,646 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Live Oak.

6,259live here, work elsewhere

363live and work here

11,646work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Live Oak goes to work

San Antonio12.8 mi away

53%3,522

Live Oak (in town)right here

5%363

Austin62.2 mi away

4%264

Schertz5.4 mi away

3%228

New Braunfels16.8 mi away

2%154

Houston177.9 mi away

2%146

Selma2.6 mi away

2%133

Universal City2 mi away

1%99

Dallas242.3 mi away

1%85

Converse3.6 mi away

1%43

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%1,585

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

How far

How far Live Oak commutes

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

39%

38%

20%

39%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Live Oak is a job hub

1.81jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Live Oak are

12,009 jobs are based in Live Oak. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Live Oak’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Live Oak

12,009 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Live Oak residents hold

6,622 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+52%

Jobs based in Live Oak, 2013 → 2023: 7,898 → 12,009. 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.