Work & commute · Lost Creek

Work & commute in Lost Creek, TX

Most working residents leave Lost Creek for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Austin (53%), Houston (4%) and Bee Cave (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 548 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

34%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 534 Lost Creek residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 742 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lost Creek.

534live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

742work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lost Creek goes to work

Austin5.7 mi away

53%290

Houston151.5 mi away

4%22

Bee Cave6.7 mi away

3%19

San Antonio70.7 mi away

3%19

Dallas183.6 mi away

3%15

Round Rock19 mi away

3%14

Lost Creek (in town)right here

3%14

West Lake Hills2.2 mi away

2%12

Plano200.6 mi away

1%7

Fort Worth173.9 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%130

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

How far

How far Lost Creek commutes

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

61%

13%

23%

61%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lost Creek is balanced between jobs and homes

1.38jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lost Creek are

756 jobs are based in Lost Creek. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lost Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lost Creek

756 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Lost Creek residents hold

548 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+89%

Jobs based in Lost Creek, 2013 → 2023: 400 → 756. 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.