Work & commute · Taylor

Work & commute in Taylor, TX

Most working residents leave Taylor for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Austin (28%), Round Rock (8%) and Georgetown (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

1,226 of 8,353 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,127 Taylor residents head out of town to work, 1,226 work right here, and 4,475 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Taylor.

7,127live here, work elsewhere

1,226live and work here

4,475work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Taylor goes to work

Austin27 mi away

28%2,348

Taylor (in town)right here

15%1,226

Round Rock14.2 mi away

8%691

Georgetown17.3 mi away

4%337

Houston133.5 mi away

3%281

San Antonio100.8 mi away

3%223

Pflugerville13.4 mi away

2%202

Dallas158.4 mi away

2%152

Temple36.9 mi away

2%148

Cedar Park23.5 mi away

1%123

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%2,622

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

How far

How far Taylor commutes

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

19%

36%

24%

22%

19%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Taylor is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Taylor are

5,701 jobs are based in Taylor. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Taylor’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Taylor

5,701 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Taylor residents hold

8,353 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+9%

Jobs based in Taylor, 2013 → 2023: 5,224 → 5,701. 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.