Work & commute · Wimberley

Work & commute in Wimberley, TX

Most working residents leave Wimberley for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Austin (27%), San Marcos (7%) and San Antonio (5%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

98 of 1,091 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 993 Wimberley residents head out of town to work, 98 work right here, and 1,759 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wimberley.

993live here, work elsewhere

98live and work here

1,759work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wimberley goes to work

Austin29.6 mi away

27%293

Wimberley (in town)right here

9%98

San Marcos12 mi away

7%78

San Antonio44.5 mi away

5%50

Houston162.4 mi away

4%46

Dripping Springs14.6 mi away

3%31

New Braunfels19.7 mi away

3%30

Dallas209.2 mi away

3%30

Round Rock45.3 mi away

2%21

Kyle12.4 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%396

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

How far

How far Wimberley commutes

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

16%

26%

36%

22%

16%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wimberley is a job hub

1.70jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wimberley are

1,857 jobs are based in Wimberley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wimberley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wimberley

1,857 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Wimberley residents hold

1,091 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+53%

Jobs based in Wimberley, 2013 → 2023: 1,211 → 1,857. 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.