Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0Fewer people are out of work in Cedar Creek (1.5%) than in 90% of U.S. towns
Commuters spend 42 minutes getting to work on average, next to 27 for Texas and 26 for the U.S. Cedar Creek grades B for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Only 1% stay in Cedar Creek for work; outside it, Austin is the main destination (39%, 21 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Cedar Creek: the gist
Cedar Creek workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 42 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 322 hours of commuting, 115 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Cedar Creek is a place people come home to
There are 117 jobs based in Cedar Creek, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Cedar Creek has about 3,300 people in it, 26% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
39% of Cedar Creek works in Austin
493 working residents, 39%, have their main job in Austin, 21 miles away. That’s 39 times as many as work in Cedar Creek itself. The commute map ↓
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.
The figures behind Cedar Creek’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cedar Creek is better than 64% of U.S. towns, #227 of 642 in Texas. Unemployment holds Cedar Creek’s grade up; the poverty rate pulls it down (14.2%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cedar Creek could be anywhere from C to A+.
About 42 minutes to work from Cedar Creek
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cedar Creek workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,231 commuters (the 12% 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.
Who commutes out of Cedar Creek, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,244 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 104 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,300 people are in Cedar Creek on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.
0.09 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.
Where Cedar Creek’s working residents head each day
Where Cedar Creek clocks in
39% of workers
6% 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.
Goods, not services: 45% of the jobs in Cedar Creek
117 jobs are based in Cedar Creek.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cedar Creek, 2013 → 2023: 43 → 117. 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 Cedar Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Cedar Creek goes to work
About 28% 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.
In Cedar Creek, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cedar Creek is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns, #631 of 642 in Texas. Both inputs place Cedar Creek near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,393 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Cedar Creek households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cedar Creek’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,000 U.S. towns of 3,100 to 6,000, Cedar Creek comes 1,501st on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 6 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,499 | Shenango Township PA | 3,431 | $70K | 10.9% | 2.0% | 6% | B |
| 1,500 | Connoquenessing Township PA | 4,151 | $85K | 10.2% | 3.2% | 5% | B |
| 1,501 | Cedar Creek TX | 4,440 | $74K | 14.2% | 1.5% | 1% | B |
| 1,502 | Marion MA | 5,366 | $143K | 9.0% | 5.7% | 16% | B |
| 1,503 | Alexandria AL | 3,475 | $85K | 11.0% | 1.7% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,000 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Cedar Creek, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Cedar Creek and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cedar Creek workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Creek | – | B | D− | 42 min | $73,864 |
| Wyldwood | under 1% | A | D | 40 min | $88,399 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cedar 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 Cedar Creek: questions
What is the median household income in Cedar Creek?
$73,864 (±$20,947) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cedar Creek?
14.2%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cedar Creek?
42 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cedar Creek work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Austin (39%, 21 mi), Bastrop (6%, 11 mi), Houston (4%, 129 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cedar Creek walkable?
Cedar Creek is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cedar Creek without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cedar Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cedar 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.