Work & commute · Scenic Oaks

Work & commute in Scenic Oaks, TX

Most working residents leave Scenic Oaks for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are San Antonio (58%), Boerne (6%) and Austin (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

80 of 4,329 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,249 Scenic Oaks residents head out of town to work, 80 work right here, and 661 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Scenic Oaks.

4,249live here, work elsewhere

80live and work here

661work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Scenic Oaks goes to work

San Antonio18.7 mi away

58%2,510

Boerne6.7 mi away

6%263

Austin68.4 mi away

4%171

Leon Valley14.8 mi away

4%158

Houston196.8 mi away

3%110

Scenic Oaks (in town)right here

2%80

Dallas241.2 mi away

1%59

New Braunfels33.2 mi away

1%45

Live Oak22.2 mi away

1%23

Irving239.9 mi away

0%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%891

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

How far

How far Scenic Oaks commutes

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

19%

57%

19%

19%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Scenic Oaks is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Scenic Oaks are

741 jobs are based in Scenic Oaks. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Scenic Oaks’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Scenic Oaks

741 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Scenic Oaks residents hold

4,329 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+165%

Jobs based in Scenic Oaks, 2013 → 2023: 280 → 741. 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.