Work & commute · South Mountain

Work & commute in South Mountain, TX

Most working residents leave South Mountain for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Gatesville (34%), Austin (7%) and Temple (6%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 134 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 134 South Mountain residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Mountain.

134live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

31work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Mountain goes to work

Gatesville3.9 mi away

34%45

Austin79 mi away

7%9

Temple28.8 mi away

6%8

Waco30 mi away

4%5

Hewitt28.7 mi away

3%4

Killeen25.2 mi away

3%4

Copperas Cove26.1 mi away

1%2

Marble Falls70.3 mi away

1%2

Fort Worth94.7 mi away

1%2

Houston177.8 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%51

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

How far

How far South Mountain commutes

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

43%

18%

33%

43%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Mountain is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in South Mountain are

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

Jobs based in South Mountain

31 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs South Mountain residents hold

134 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−6%

Jobs based in South Mountain, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 31. 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.