Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0Cedar Park’s household incomes are higher than in 91% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Cedar Park is better than 86% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns (B+). Poverty touches 5.9% of residents, against 13.8% across Texas. 30% of workers have no commute at all, against 14% across Texas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Cedar Park: the figures worth knowing
Much of Cedar Park works one town over
52% of working residents work in a town that borders Cedar Park: Austin (47%) and Leander (5%). Next door ↓
Cedar Park has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Cedar Park went from 13,824 in 2013 to 26,678 in 2023, +93%. The jobs ↓
A lot of Cedar Park works from home
30% of Cedar Park 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The figures behind Cedar Park’s Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Cedar Park’s grade up ($129,545, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cedar Park could be anywhere from A− to A.
Jobs in Cedar Park: what the 26,678 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cedar Park, 2013 → 2023: 13,824 → 26,678. 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 Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Cedar Park spends getting to work: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cedar Park workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 28,543 commuters (the 30% 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 works in Cedar Park, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 37,810 residents head out to work, 2,838 work right here, and 23,840 people come in from elsewhere.
About 65,000 people are in Cedar Park on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.66 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.
47% of working residents work in Austin
Where Cedar Park clocks in
47% of workers
6% 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.
Where in the region Cedar Park works
About 21% 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.
Driving is how Cedar Park gets around
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 40,716 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 0.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 48% 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). 3.8% of Cedar Park households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Cedar Park’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Cedar Park ranks: 108th of 578 U.S. towns of 55,000 to 107,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Plymouth MN | 78,942 | $137K | 4.3% | 2.3% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Flower Mound TX | 79,540 | $161K | 4.3% | 3.4% | 10% | A+ |
| 13 | Celina TX | 64,427 | $171K | 4.7% | 2.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 106 | Washington Township OH | 63,075 | $99K | 6.2% | 2.9% | 16% | A |
| 107 | Medford MA | 59,834 | $130K | 7.6% | 4.3% | 8% | A |
| 108 | Cedar Park TX | 79,032 | $130K | 5.9% | 4.5% | 7% | A |
| 109 | Herriman UT | 63,282 | $123K | 4.9% | 4.0% | 5% | A |
| 110 | Wake Forest NC | 58,147 | $124K | 4.5% | 4.0% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 578 | Albany GA | 66,907 | $47K | 27.5% | 11.2% | 51% | 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 Park, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Work next door: 52% of Cedar Park’s workers
The biggest share goes to Austin (47%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cedar Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Park | – | A | B+ | 26 min | $129,545 |
| Austin | 47% | B+ | A | 24 min | $93,658 |
| Leander | 5% | A | B− | 29 min | $139,048 |
| Brushy Creek | under 1% | A | C+ | 24 min | $138,589 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cedar Park’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 Park: questions
What is the median household income in Cedar Park?
$129,545 (±$10,860) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cedar Park?
5.9%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cedar Park?
26 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cedar Park work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Austin (47%, 15 mi), Round Rock (6%, 9 mi), Leander (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cedar Park walkable?
Cedar Park is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cedar Park without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cedar Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cedar Park
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.