Work & commute · Wells Branch

Work & commute in Wells Branch, TX

Most working residents leave Wells Branch for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Austin (55%), Round Rock (8%) and San Antonio (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

206 of 7,353 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,147 Wells Branch residents head out of town to work, 206 work right here, and 7,929 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wells Branch.

7,147live here, work elsewhere

206live and work here

7,929work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wells Branch goes to work

Austin10.9 mi away

55%4,009

Round Rock5.8 mi away

8%564

San Antonio84.5 mi away

3%248

Houston144.3 mi away

3%213

Wells Branch (in town)right here

3%206

Pflugerville4.7 mi away

3%200

Dallas171 mi away

2%143

Georgetown15.6 mi away

1%109

Cedar Park9.5 mi away

1%93

San Marcos42.3 mi away

1%69

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%1,499

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

How far

How far Wells Branch commutes

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

50%

27%

19%

50%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wells Branch is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wells Branch are

8,135 jobs are based in Wells Branch. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wells Branch’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wells Branch

8,135 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Wells Branch residents hold

7,353 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+17%

Jobs based in Wells Branch, 2013 → 2023: 6,961 → 8,135. 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.