Work means Austin for about half of Bear Creek’s working residents
Employers in Bear Creek report 30 jobs for 223 working residents. 35% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. The trip to work takes 24 minutes on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Bear Creek, in a few figures
Nearly half of Bear Creek works in Austin
101 working residents, 45%, have their main job in Austin, 14 miles away across the town line. That’s far more as work in Bear Creek itself. The commute map ↓
Bear Creek is a place people come home to
There are 30 jobs based in Bear Creek, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bear Creek has about 280 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Bear Creek
35% of Bear Creek workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 223 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The places Bear Creek commutes to
Where Bear Creek clocks in
45% of workers
7% of workers
4% 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.
Who leaves Bear Creek for work, and who comes in
On a workday 222 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere.
About 280 people are in Bear Creek on a workday afternoon, 41% fewer than live here.
0.13 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Each way, about 24 minutes from Bear Creek
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bear Creek workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 154 commuters (the 35% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Bear Creek is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bear Creek, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 30. 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 Bear Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Bear Creek works
About 20% 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.
The towns next door employ 45% of Bear Creek
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bear Creek workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Creek | – | — | — | 24 min | $121,000 |
| Austin | 45% | B+ | A | 24 min | $93,658 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Austin. Darker towns draw more of Bear Creek’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Bear Creek: questions
What is the median household income in Bear Creek?
$121,000 (±$35,559) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bear Creek?
0.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bear Creek?
24 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 35% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bear Creek work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Austin (45%, 14 mi), Dripping Springs (7%, 9 mi), San Antonio (4%, 61 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bear Creek without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bear Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bear Creek
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.