Work & commute · Round Top

Work & commute in Round Top, TX

Most working residents leave Round Top for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Austin (14%), San Antonio (8%) and Carmine (5%). Half commute less than 62 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 37 working residents

Typical commute

62 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 34 Round Top residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 251 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Round Top.

34live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

251work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Round Top goes to work

Austin65.3 mi away

14%5

Round Top (in town)right here

8%3

San Antonio117.3 mi away

8%3

Carmine5.9 mi away

5%2

La Grange15 mi away

5%2

Temple82.9 mi away

5%2

Houston80.6 mi away

5%2

Rollingwood66.8 mi away

3%1

Giddings16.2 mi away

3%1

Brenham19.1 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%15

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

How far

How far Round Top commutes

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

16%

19%

14%

51%

16%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

51%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Round Top is a job hub

6.86jobs per working resident

A job hub

6.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Round Top are

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

Jobs based in Round Top

254 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Round Top residents hold

37 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+119%

Jobs based in Round Top, 2013 → 2023: 116 → 254. 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.