Photo: Seefrank · CC BY-SA 3.0More than half of Lost Creek’s working residents commute to Austin
Lost Creek has 756 jobs; 548 of its residents have a job. 34% of workers work from home, where Texas as a whole has 14%. Working residents average 16 minutes each way, where Texas has 27 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Lost Creek in brief
More than half of Lost Creek works in Austin
290 working residents, 53%, have their main job in Austin, 5.7 miles away across the town line. That’s 18 times as many as work in Lost Creek itself. The commute map ↓
Lost Creek has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Lost Creek went from 400 in 2013 to 756 in 2023, +89%. The jobs ↓
Home offices are common in Lost Creek
34% of Lost 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 548 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The towns that employ Lost Creek’s residents
Where Lost Creek clocks in
53% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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.
70% of the jobs in Lost Creek pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lost Creek, 2013 → 2023: 400 → 756. 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 Lost Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Lost Creek’s commute takes about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lost Creek workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 287 commuters (the 34% 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.
A workday in Lost Creek: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 534 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 742 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Lost Creek on a workday afternoon, 22% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The commute from Lost Creek, by distance
About 23% 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.
53% of Lost Creek works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lost Creek workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lost Creek | – | — | — | 16 min | $165,598 |
| Barton Creek | under 2% | A+ | B− | 22 min | $203,947 |
| Austin | 53% | 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 Lost 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 Lost Creek: questions
What is the median household income in Lost Creek?
$165,598 (±$25,896) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lost Creek?
12.8%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lost Creek?
16 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 34% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lost Creek work?
3% work in town.
Can you get around Lost Creek 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 Lost Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lost 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.