Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0Austin draws about half of Pflugerville’s working residents
For jobs and income Pflugerville is better than 82% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (C+). Measured by household income, Pflugerville is ahead of 87% of U.S. towns. 24% of workers have no commute at all (Texas 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Pflugerville, in brief
Pflugerville has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Pflugerville went from 11,422 in 2013 to 21,116 in 2023, +85%. The jobs ↓
Home offices are common in Pflugerville
24% of Pflugerville 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.
What’s behind Pflugerville’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Pflugerville’s grade up (ahead of 92% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pflugerville could be anywhere from B+ to A.
Inside Pflugerville’s 21,116 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pflugerville, 2013 → 2023: 11,422 → 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 Pflugerville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Pflugerville takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pflugerville workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 28,052 commuters (the 24% 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.
In and out of Pflugerville on a workday
On a workday 31,956 residents head out to work, 2,590 work right here, and 18,526 people come in from elsewhere.
About 55,000 people are in Pflugerville on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.61 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 Pflugerville goes to work
Where Pflugerville clocks in
50% of workers
8% 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.
How many miles Pflugerville commutes
About 19% 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.
Pflugerville is a driving town
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.0% across Texas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 36,861 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 2% 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 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 46% 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). 3.2% of Pflugerville households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Pflugerville’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Pflugerville is 171st of 645 U.S. towns of 48,000 to 92,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Flower Mound TX | 79,540 | $161K | 4.3% | 3.4% | 10% | A+ |
| 15 | Celina TX | 64,427 | $171K | 4.7% | 2.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 169 | West Des Moines IA | 74,224 | $87K | 8.4% | 2.4% | 30% | A− |
| 170 | Plain Township OH | 53,501 | $75K | 5.9% | 2.2% | 13% | A− |
| 171 | Pflugerville TX | 68,316 | $118K | 6.1% | 5.3% | 7% | A− |
| 172 | Greenwood IN | 69,349 | $84K | 7.4% | 2.6% | 16% | A− |
| 173 | Howell Township NJ | 55,156 | $135K | 6.8% | 4.7% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 645 | 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 Pflugerville, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
58% of Pflugerville works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Austin (50%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pflugerville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pflugerville | – | A− | C+ | 27 min | $117,799 |
| Round Rock | 8% | A− | B | 25 min | $99,287 |
| Austin | 50% | B+ | A | 24 min | $93,658 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pflugerville’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 Pflugerville: questions
What is the median household income in Pflugerville?
$117,799 (±$6,587) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pflugerville?
6.1%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pflugerville?
27 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pflugerville work?
7% work in town.
Is Pflugerville walkable?
Pflugerville is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pflugerville without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pflugerville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pflugerville
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.