Work & commute · Spring Branch

Work & commute in Spring Branch, TX

Most working residents leave Spring Branch for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are San Antonio (36%), Austin (7%) and Houston (7%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 96 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

79 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 95 Spring Branch residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 367 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spring Branch.

95live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

367work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spring Branch goes to work

San Antonio29.4 mi away

36%35

Austin48.8 mi away

7%7

Houston181.1 mi away

7%7

New Braunfels21.4 mi away

5%5

Bulverde7.2 mi away

4%4

Canyon Lake8.8 mi away

3%3

Alamo Heights27.4 mi away

2%2

Shavano Park22 mi away

2%2

Leon Valley29.1 mi away

2%2

Live Oak22.6 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%27

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

How far

How far Spring Branch commutes

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

15%

35%

31%

19%

15%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spring Branch is a job hub

3.83jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Spring Branch are

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

Jobs based in Spring Branch

368 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Spring Branch residents hold

96 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+397%

Jobs based in Spring Branch, 2013 → 2023: 74 → 368. 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.