Volente has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Volente; the top destination outside it is Austin (44%, 14 miles). Volente has 137 jobs for 306 working residents. For 26% of workers, the job is at home; Texas has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Volente
44% of Volente works in Austin
135 working residents, 44%, have their main job in Austin, 14 miles away. That’s far more as work in Volente itself. The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Volente
27% of Volente 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 306 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where the trip to work from Volente ends
Where Volente clocks in
44% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
A commute of about 30 minutes in Volente
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Volente workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 238 commuters (the 27% 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 Volente on a workday
On a workday 305 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 136 people come in from elsewhere.
About 350 people are in Volente on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Volente
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Volente, 2013 → 2023: 67 → 137. 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 Volente’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Volente works
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.
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 Volente: questions
What is the median household income in Volente?
$178,750 (±$29,973) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Volente?
8.3%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Volente?
30 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Volente work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Austin (44%, 14 mi), Cedar Park (7%, 7 mi), Round Rock (6%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Volente without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Volente, from the people who make the trip.
More of Volente
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.