Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0Austin draws about two in five of Round Rock’s working residents
25% of workers work from home, next to 14% for Texas as a whole. The two grades for Round Rock are A− for jobs and income and B for walkability. Measured by household income, Round Rock is ahead of 76% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Round Rock, in a few figures
Round Rock has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Round Rock went from 50,133 in 2013 to 81,313 in 2023, +62%. The jobs ↓
A lot of Round Rock works from home
25% of Round Rock 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.
Income, poverty and work: Round Rock’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Round Rock is better than 82% of U.S. towns, #135 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 92% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Round Rock could be anywhere from B+ to A.
68% of the jobs in Round Rock pay over $3,333 a month
81,313 jobs are based in Round Rock.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Round Rock, 2013 → 2023: 50,133 → 81,313. 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 Round Rock’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes each way for Round Rock’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Round Rock workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 52,606 commuters (the 25% 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 leaves Round Rock for work, and who comes in
On a workday 50,302 residents head out to work, 10,919 work right here, and 70,394 people come in from elsewhere.
About 161,000 people are in Round Rock on a workday afternoon, 14% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 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.
Where Round Rock goes to work
Where Round Rock clocks in
41% of workers
3% 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.
Half of Round Rock commutes less than 13 miles
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.
In Round Rock, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Round Rock is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns, #194 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.3% 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 69,924 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 35% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 4% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 56% 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). 3.5% of Round Rock households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Round Rock’s commuters take a bus or train.
These are town averages; neighborhoods differ.
Round Rock places 44th of 259 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 99,000 to 191,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carmel IN | 105,634 | $142K | 3.9% | 2.7% | 23% | A+ |
| 2 | Clay Township IN | 104,932 | $142K | 3.9% | 2.7% | 23% | A+ |
| 3 | Fishers IN | 104,812 | $130K | 4.0% | 2.8% | 14% | A+ |
| 4 | Pearland TX | 129,930 | $119K | 4.1% | 3.3% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Allen TX | 113,447 | $131K | 6.1% | 3.7% | 11% | A |
| 11 | Sugar Land TX | 107,726 | $136K | 5.5% | 4.1% | 15% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Santa Clara CA | 133,446 | $179K | 8.4% | 5.1% | 14% | A− |
| 43 | Edmond OK | 100,479 | $103K | 8.1% | 3.3% | 21% | A− |
| 44 | Round Rock TX | 141,282 | $99K | 7.8% | 3.8% | 18% | A− |
| 45 | Atascocita TX | 99,354 | $118K | 7.4% | 4.8% | 2% | A− |
| 46 | Maine Township IL | 136,611 | $98K | 6.7% | 5.1% | 13% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 259 | Macon-Bibb County GA | 157,556 | $51K | 24.7% | 8.1% | 53% | 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 Round Rock, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
The towns next door employ 46% of Round Rock
The biggest share goes to Austin (41%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Round Rock workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round Rock | – | A− | B | 25 min | $99,287 |
| Brushy Creek | under 1% | A | C+ | 24 min | $138,589 |
| Pflugerville | 2% | A− | C+ | 27 min | $117,799 |
| Georgetown | 3% | B+ | C+ | 28 min | $95,062 |
| Austin | 41% | B+ | A | 24 min | $93,658 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Round Rock’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 Round Rock: questions
What is the median household income in Round Rock?
$99,287 (±$4,128) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Round Rock?
7.8%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Round Rock?
25 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Round Rock work?
18% work in town.
Is Round Rock walkable?
Round Rock is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 9.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Round Rock without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 4% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Round Rock, from the people who make the trip.
More of Round Rock
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.