Work & commute · San Marcos

Work & commute in San Marcos, TX

About one in 4 of San Marcos’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Austin (24%), San Antonio (5%) and New Braunfels (4%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

7,419 of 28,673 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 21,254 San Marcos residents head out of town to work, 7,419 work right here, and 31,066 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in San Marcos.

21,254live here, work elsewhere

7,419live and work here

31,066work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where San Marcos goes to work

San Marcos (in town)right here

26%7,419

Austin31.3 mi away

24%6,771

San Antonio45.3 mi away

5%1,416

New Braunfels16.1 mi away

4%1,194

Houston152.8 mi away

4%1,113

Dallas213.2 mi away

3%734

Kyle8.9 mi away

2%608

Round Rock47.9 mi away

2%511

Buda14.8 mi away

2%441

Seguin19.7 mi away

1%359

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%8,107

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

How far

How far San Marcos commutes

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

30%

17%

32%

21%

30%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

San Marcos is balanced between jobs and homes

1.34jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.34 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in San Marcos are

38,485 jobs are based in San Marcos. Here is what they are, next to the jobs San Marcos’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in San Marcos

38,485 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs San Marcos residents hold

28,673 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+30%

Jobs based in San Marcos, 2013 → 2023: 29,536 → 38,485. 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.