Work & commute · Luling

Work & commute in Luling, TX

Most working residents leave Luling for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Austin (16%), San Marcos (7%) and Seguin (4%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

384 of 2,642 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,258 Luling residents head out of town to work, 384 work right here, and 1,386 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Luling.

2,258live here, work elsewhere

384live and work here

1,386work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Luling goes to work

Austin43.1 mi away

16%433

Luling (in town)right here

15%384

San Marcos21.9 mi away

7%173

Seguin20.3 mi away

4%113

San Antonio54.9 mi away

4%100

Lockhart13.7 mi away

4%98

Houston135.7 mi away

3%86

New Braunfels28.1 mi away

3%79

Gonzales16.7 mi away

2%65

Dallas221.2 mi away

2%48

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%1,063

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

How far

How far Luling commutes

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

17%

23%

29%

31%

17%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Luling is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Luling are

1,770 jobs are based in Luling. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Luling’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Luling

1,770 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Luling residents hold

2,642 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−24%

Jobs based in Luling, 2013 → 2023: 2,321 → 1,770. 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.