Photo: Original uploader was Vidor at en.wikipedia · Public domainAustin has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.6 for each
Hardly any work in Austin; the top destination outside it is Battle Mountain (32%, 78 miles). 42 jobs are based in Austin for 74 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers (Nevada 12%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Austin
On a workday 74 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere.
About 32 people are in Austin on a workday afternoon, 50% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Austin goes to work
Where Austin clocks in
32% of workers
5% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
A place that makes things: 71% of Austin’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Austin, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 42. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Austin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Austin
of Austin workers work from home, vs 12% across Nevada. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 47 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Nevada: 80% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Half of Austin commutes less than 80 miles
About 100% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Austin: questions
What is the poverty rate in Austin?
0.0%, against 12.4% across Nevada and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Austin work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Battle Mountain (32%, 78 mi), Elko (5%, 116 mi), Reno (5%, 148 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Austin without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Austin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Austin
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.