Work & commute · Wyldwood

Work & commute in Wyldwood, TX

Most working residents leave Wyldwood for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Austin (38%), Bastrop (8%) and Houston (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 1,549 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 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 1,536 Wyldwood residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 297 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wyldwood.

1,536live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

297work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wyldwood goes to work

Austin20.3 mi away

38%588

Bastrop9.1 mi away

8%121

Houston127.3 mi away

4%57

San Antonio77.8 mi away

4%56

Dallas188.8 mi away

2%28

Round Rock29.6 mi away

1%22

San Marcos32.6 mi away

1%19

New Braunfels48.4 mi away

1%18

Georgetown39.5 mi away

1%16

Cedar Park33.3 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%609

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

How far

How far Wyldwood commutes

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

13%

43%

16%

28%

13%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wyldwood is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wyldwood are

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

Jobs based in Wyldwood

310 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Wyldwood residents hold

1,549 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+77%

Jobs based in Wyldwood, 2013 → 2023: 175 → 310. 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.