Work & commute · Round Rock

Work & commute in Round Rock, TX

Most working residents leave Round Rock for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Austin (41%), Houston (3%) and Georgetown (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

10,919 of 61,221 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 50,302 Round Rock residents head out of town to work, 10,919 work right here, and 70,394 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Round Rock.

50,302live here, work elsewhere

10,919live and work here

70,394work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Round Rock goes to work

Austin16.6 mi away

41%25,012

Round Rock (in town)right here

18%10,919

Houston145.2 mi away

3%2,092

Georgetown10 mi away

3%1,910

San Antonio89.7 mi away

3%1,787

Pflugerville6.6 mi away

2%1,515

Cedar Park9.3 mi away

2%1,378

Dallas165.3 mi away

2%1,182

Leander12.3 mi away

1%595

Plano182.5 mi away

1%472

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%14,359

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

How far

How far Round Rock commutes

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

40%

35%

21%

40%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Round Rock is balanced between jobs and homes

1.33jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Round Rock are

81,313 jobs are based in Round Rock. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Round Rock’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Round Rock

81,313 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Round Rock residents hold

61,221 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+62%

Jobs based in Round Rock, 2013 → 2023: 50,133 → 81,313. 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.