Work & commute · Manchaca

Work & commute in Manchaca, TX

Most working residents leave Manchaca for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Austin (65%), San Antonio (3%) and San Marcos (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 1,254 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,244 Manchaca residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 1,177 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Manchaca.

1,244live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

1,177work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Manchaca goes to work

Austin12.3 mi away

65%810

San Antonio62.1 mi away

3%40

San Marcos19 mi away

3%37

Dallas194.2 mi away

3%33

Houston148.5 mi away

2%25

Round Rock28.9 mi away

1%17

Georgetown37.7 mi away

1%12

Pflugerville25.7 mi away

1%10

Manchaca (in town)right here

1%10

Kyle10.1 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%252

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

How far

How far Manchaca commutes

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

27%

51%

17%

27%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Manchaca is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Manchaca are

1,187 jobs are based in Manchaca. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Manchaca’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Manchaca

1,187 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Manchaca residents hold

1,254 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+61%

Jobs based in Manchaca, 2013 → 2023: 735 → 1,187. 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.