Most of Double Horn commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
There are 1 jobs in Double Horn; 33 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Double Horn; the top destination outside it is Austin (24%, 31 miles). The average commute takes 35 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Double Horn quiets down on a workday
On a workday 33 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 260 people are in Double Horn on a workday afternoon, 11% 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 Double Horn’s working residents head each day
Where Double Horn clocks in
24% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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.
In Double Horn, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Double Horn, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 1. 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 Double Horn’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Double Horn: about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Double Horn workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 145 commuters (the 16% 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.
How far it is to work from Double Horn
About 39% 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 Double Horn: questions
What is the median household income in Double Horn?
$92,024 (±$69,539) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Double Horn?
2.2%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Double Horn?
35 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Double Horn work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Austin (24%, 31 mi), Marble Falls (6%, 6 mi), New Braunfels (6%, 56 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Double Horn 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 Double Horn, from the people who make the trip.
More of Double Horn
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.