Work & commute · Lockhart

Work & commute in Lockhart, TX

Most working residents leave Lockhart for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Austin (29%), San Marcos (6%) and Houston (4%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

1,155 of 6,932 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,777 Lockhart residents head out of town to work, 1,155 work right here, and 3,348 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lockhart.

5,777live here, work elsewhere

1,155live and work here

3,348work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lockhart goes to work

Austin29.4 mi away

29%1,993

Lockhart (in town)right here

17%1,155

San Marcos15.2 mi away

6%433

Houston137.6 mi away

4%258

San Antonio58.1 mi away

3%242

Round Rock44.8 mi away

2%143

Dallas208.6 mi away

2%122

Kyle14.5 mi away

1%93

Buda16.9 mi away

1%81

Bastrop26.9 mi away

1%78

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%2,334

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

How far

How far Lockhart commutes

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

19%

20%

35%

26%

19%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lockhart is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lockhart are

4,503 jobs are based in Lockhart. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lockhart’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lockhart

4,503 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Lockhart residents hold

6,932 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+26%

Jobs based in Lockhart, 2013 → 2023: 3,582 → 4,503. 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.