Work & commute · Sonterra

Work & commute in Sonterra, TX

Most working residents leave Sonterra for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Austin (30%), Round Rock (11%) and Georgetown (11%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

86 of 5,551 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 5,465 Sonterra residents head out of town to work, 86 work right here, and 349 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sonterra.

5,465live here, work elsewhere

86live and work here

349work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sonterra goes to work

Austin36.5 mi away

30%1,661

Round Rock19.9 mi away

11%617

Georgetown11.5 mi away

11%598

Jarrell1.2 mi away

5%261

Temple23.9 mi away

3%155

Cedar Park24.5 mi away

3%147

Houston149.4 mi away

2%132

San Antonio108.3 mi away

2%120

Pflugerville25 mi away

2%91

Sonterra (in town)right here

2%86

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%1,683

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

How far

How far Sonterra commutes

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

10%

36%

37%

17%

10%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sonterra is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sonterra are

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

Jobs based in Sonterra

435 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Sonterra residents hold

5,551 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+162%

Jobs based in Sonterra, 2013 → 2023: 166 → 435. 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.