Work & commute · Thorndale

Work & commute in Thorndale, TX

Most working residents leave Thorndale for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Austin (17%), Taylor (8%) and Round Rock (6%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 601 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 594 Thorndale residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 98 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Thorndale.

594live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

98work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Thorndale goes to work

Austin39.2 mi away

17%105

Taylor13.6 mi away

8%47

Round Rock27.9 mi away

6%39

Rockdale12.1 mi away

5%30

Georgetown29.5 mi away

5%28

San Antonio112 mi away

4%26

Dallas152.8 mi away

3%17

Houston122.7 mi away

2%13

Pflugerville26.2 mi away

2%10

Temple35.6 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%277

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

How far

How far Thorndale commutes

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

21%

42%

32%

5%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

42%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Thorndale is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Thorndale are

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

Jobs based in Thorndale

105 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Thorndale residents hold

601 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+9%

Jobs based in Thorndale, 2013 → 2023: 96 → 105. 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.