Photo: Cohee at English Wikipedia · Public domainThere are 3.8 jobs in Spring Branch for every working resident, and 367 people commute in
1% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Spring Branch has 368 jobs, and 96 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% work in Spring Branch itself; outside it, San Antonio draws the most (36%, 29 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Spring Branch’s population more than doubles on a workday
On a workday 95 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.
About 540 people are in Spring Branch on a workday afternoon, 102% more than live here.
3.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
The daily trip into Spring Branch
Where Spring Branch clocks in
36% of workers
7% of workers
7% 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.
What Spring Branch’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Spring Branch, 2013 → 2023: 74 → 368. 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 Spring Branch’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 79 minutes each way, longer than most of Texas
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 25.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Spring Branch workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 142 commuters (the 1% 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 Spring Branch goes to work
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.
Spring Branch and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Bulverde (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Spring Branch workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Branch | – | — | — | 79 min | $162,944 |
| Canyon Lake | 3% | B+ | C | 39 min | $97,301 |
| Bulverde | 4% | A+ | C− | 33 min | $112,188 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Spring Branch’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 Spring Branch: questions
What is the median household income in Spring Branch?
$162,944 (±$101,314) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Spring Branch?
5.4%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Spring Branch?
79 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Spring Branch work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Antonio (36%, 29 mi), Austin (7%, 49 mi), Houston (7%, 181 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Spring Branch without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Spring Branch, from the people who make the trip.
More of Spring Branch
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.