Camp Ben McCulloch · Photo: 25or6to4 · CC BY-SA 3.0Driftwood draws 116 commuters a day, with 2.7 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Driftwood itself; outside it, Austin draws the most (35%, 20 miles). Employers in Driftwood report 116 jobs; 43 of its residents have a job. Home is the office for 100% of workers; Texas has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Driftwood
On a workday 43 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 100 people are in Driftwood on a workday afternoon, 261% more 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.
Commuting in to Driftwood: where workers come from
Where Driftwood clocks in
35% of workers
12% of workers
2% 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.
Making and building: 59% of jobs based in Driftwood
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Driftwood, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 116. 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 Driftwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Driftwood
of Driftwood workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Driftwood’s workers travel
About 26% 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 Driftwood: questions
What is the poverty rate in Driftwood?
0.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Driftwood work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Austin (35%, 20 mi), Dripping Springs (12%, 6 mi), Saginaw (2%, 193 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Driftwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Driftwood
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.