Work & commute · San Antonio

Work & commute in San Antonio, TX

67% of San Antonio’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Austin (4%), Houston (3%) and Leon Valley (2%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

67%

398,768 of 595,035 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 196,267 San Antonio residents head out of town to work, 398,768 work right here, and 372,313 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in San Antonio.

196,267live here, work elsewhere

398,768live and work here

372,313work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where San Antonio goes to work

San Antonio (in town)right here

67%398,768

Austin73.9 mi away

4%23,342

Houston189.7 mi away

3%15,039

Leon Valley5.8 mi away

2%13,491

Dallas252.5 mi away

1%7,045

Schertz17.9 mi away

1%5,103

New Braunfels29.5 mi away

1%4,749

Live Oak12.8 mi away

1%4,628

Castle Hills4.3 mi away

1%3,119

Irving251.9 mi away

0%2,891

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%116,860

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

How far

How far San Antonio commutes

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

52%

27%

19%

52%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

San Antonio is balanced between jobs and homes

1.30jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in San Antonio are

771,081 jobs are based in San Antonio. Here is what they are, next to the jobs San Antonio’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in San Antonio

771,081 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs San Antonio residents hold

595,035 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+23%

Jobs based in San Antonio, 2013 → 2023: 629,210 → 771,081. 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.