Work & commute · San Saba

Work & commute in San Saba, TX

About one in 4 of San Saba’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Austin (8%), San Antonio (3%) and Brownwood (3%). Half commute less than 43 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

323 of 1,426 working residents

Typical commute

43 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,103 San Saba residents head out of town to work, 323 work right here, and 406 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in San Saba.

1,103live here, work elsewhere

323live and work here

406work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where San Saba goes to work

San Saba (in town)right here

23%323

Austin84.5 mi away

8%117

San Antonio120.4 mi away

3%44

Brownwood38.7 mi away

3%40

Waco93.6 mi away

2%31

Llano31 mi away

2%26

Brady37.5 mi away

2%25

Houston221 mi away

2%25

Lampasas33 mi away

2%22

Goldthwaite19.5 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%756

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

How far

How far San Saba commutes

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

31%

13%

49%

31%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

49%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

San Saba is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in San Saba are

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

Jobs based in San Saba

729 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs San Saba residents hold

1,426 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−12%

Jobs based in San Saba, 2013 → 2023: 833 → 729. 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.