Work & commute · Windcrest

Work & commute in Windcrest, TX

Most working residents leave Windcrest for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are San Antonio (60%), Austin (3%) and Schertz (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36 of 2,267 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,231 Windcrest residents head out of town to work, 36 work right here, and 3,002 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Windcrest.

2,231live here, work elsewhere

36live and work here

3,002work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Windcrest goes to work

San Antonio9.3 mi away

60%1,365

Austin65.9 mi away

3%78

Schertz8.5 mi away

3%60

Live Oak3.7 mi away

2%55

Houston180.7 mi away

2%50

Windcrest (in town)right here

2%36

Dallas245.8 mi away

1%31

Selma6.3 mi away

1%24

New Braunfels20.5 mi away

1%24

Universal City5.1 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%524

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

How far

How far Windcrest commutes

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

50%

27%

20%

50%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Windcrest is balanced between jobs and homes

1.34jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.34 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Windcrest are

3,038 jobs are based in Windcrest. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Windcrest’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Windcrest

3,038 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Windcrest residents hold

2,267 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+21%

Jobs based in Windcrest, 2013 → 2023: 2,514 → 3,038. 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.