Work & commute · Red Rock

Work & commute in Red Rock, TX

Most working residents leave Red Rock for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Austin (36%), Bastrop (9%) and San Antonio (4%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 163 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 162 Red Rock residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 74 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Red Rock.

162live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

74work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Red Rock goes to work

Austin29.9 mi away

36%58

Bastrop12.8 mi away

9%14

San Antonio73.4 mi away

4%7

Round Rock41.3 mi away

4%6

San Marcos30.2 mi away

2%4

Dallas199.8 mi away

2%4

Elgin27.4 mi away

1%2

Lockhart15.4 mi away

1%2

Pflugerville34.9 mi away

1%2

Cedar Park44.1 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%62

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

How far

How far Red Rock commutes

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

22%

50%

26%

2%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

50%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Red Rock is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Red Rock are

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

Jobs based in Red Rock

75 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Red Rock residents hold

163 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+200%

Jobs based in Red Rock, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 75. 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.