TownTapestry
Sign inJoin
MasonGood night
Work & commute · Mason

Work & commute in Mason, TX

41% of Mason’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Houston (3%), Lubbock (3%) and Dallas (2%). Half commute less than 38 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
41%
248 of 612 working residents
Typical commute
38 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
23 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
4%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 364 Mason residents head out of town to work, 248 work right here, and 608 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mason.

364live here, work elsewhere
248live and work here
608work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Mason goes to work

MenardJunctionSan SabaMasonLlanoBradyFredericksburgBoerneAustinDallasSan AntonioHoustonSan AngeloOdessaLubbockHoustonLubbockDallasFredericksburgSan AntonioSan AngeloBradyOdessaAustinMason
1
Mason (in town)right here
41%248
2
Houston238.6 mi away
3%19
3
Lubbock249 mi away
3%17
4
Dallas202.2 mi away
2%15
5
Fredericksburg39.4 mi away
2%13
6
San Antonio98.2 mi away
2%13
7
San Angelo86.7 mi away
2%13
8
Brady26.3 mi away
2%11
9
Odessa199.9 mi away
2%11
10
Austin93.1 mi away
2%10
Everywhere elseother towns and states
40%242

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

How far

How far Mason commutes

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

43%Under 10 mi
2%10–24 mi
10%25–50 mi
45%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Mason is balanced between jobs and homes

1.40jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.40 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mason are

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

Jobs based in Mason

856 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)12%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)67%
$1,250 a month or less20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Mason residents hold

612 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)17%
Trade, transport & utilities23%
Services (health, schools, offices…)61%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month50%
+41%

Jobs based in Mason, 2013 → 2023: 606 → 856. 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.

We left the porch light on

Where to, neighbor?

You’re in Mason, TXView boundary

Nearby

All towns & citiesExplore the map

Local begins with a boundary.

See what belongs to your selected town.

Loading boundary…

Mason is your selected town. The feed includes posts assigned to this town, not a distance radius or ZIP code.

Neighborhoods narrow the feed further, while townwide announcements, events, and issues remain visible.

Boundary source: https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/18 · 2025-01-01
Open detailed map