Work & commute · Sunset Valley

Work & commute in Sunset Valley, TX

Most working residents leave Sunset Valley for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Austin (71%), Houston (4%) and Dallas (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 341 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

49%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 341 Sunset Valley residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 2,421 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sunset Valley.

341live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

2,421work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sunset Valley goes to work

Austin6.2 mi away

71%242

Houston148.4 mi away

4%12

Dallas187.9 mi away

3%9

San Antonio67.7 mi away

3%9

Bee Cave10.4 mi away

1%5

New Braunfels40.6 mi away

1%4

Round Rock22.6 mi away

1%4

Buda10.7 mi away

1%3

Plano205 mi away

1%3

Rollingwood3.7 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

14%48

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

How far

How far Sunset Valley commutes

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

62%

19%

17%

62%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sunset Valley is a job hub

7.10jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sunset Valley are

2,421 jobs are based in Sunset Valley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sunset Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sunset Valley

2,421 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities58%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Sunset Valley residents hold

341 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month80%

+30%

Jobs based in Sunset Valley, 2013 → 2023: 1,865 → 2,421. 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.