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Jobs & commute in Webberville

Austin draws more than half of Webberville’s working residents

24% of workers have no commute at all, where Texas as a whole has 14%. Hardly any work in Webberville; the top destination outside it is Austin (53%, 16 miles). The average commute takes 32 minutes each way (Texas 27, U.S. 26).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

What stands out · In brief

Work in Webberville, in a few figures

More than half of Webberville works in Austin

114 working residents, 53%, have their main job in Austin, 16 miles away. That’s far more as work in Webberville itself. The commute map ↓

Webberville is a place people come home to

There are 49 jobs based in Webberville, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Webberville has about 330 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓

A lot of Webberville works from home

24% of Webberville 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 216 working residents, small shifts move the shares.

★ What stands out · The commute map

Where people from Webberville work

Carmel-by-the-Sea: 1 residents work here (<1%)BuckholtsWebbervilleCaldwellCameronElginAndrewsManor: 3 residents work here (1%)BastropPflugerville: 6 residents work here (3%)Cedar Park: 2 residents work here (1%)Round Rock: 13 residents work here (6%)LeanderCorpus Christi: 2 residents work here (1%)Austin: 114 residents work here (53%)Temple: 2 residents work here (1%)San Antonio: 8 residents work here (4%)Houston: 3 residents work here (1%)Hornsby BendAustinRound RockSan AntonioPflugervilleManorHoustonWebberville
1
Austin16 mi away
53%114
2
Round Rock22.9 mi away
6%13
3
San Antonio81 mi away
4%8
4
Pflugerville16.4 mi away
3%6
5
Manor9.5 mi away
1%3
6
Houston129.9 mi away
1%3
7
Cedar Park27.3 mi away
1%2
8
Corpus Christi171.9 mi away
1%2
9
Temple61.1 mi away
1%2
10
Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA1470.5 mi away
<1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
29%62
The top trips

Where Webberville clocks in

Lines 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.

Day and night

Who commutes out of Webberville, and who commutes in

On a workday 216 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 49 people come in from elsewhere.

216live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
49work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night500
Workday330
500live here− 220head out to work+ 49come in to work= 330on a workday

About 330 people are in Webberville on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.23jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.23 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.

Time on the road

Time on the road from Webberville: about 32 minutes

A year of commuting
246 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Webberville32 min
Texas27 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
24%

of Webberville workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
How Webberville gets to work
90%Drive alone
9%Carpool
1%Walk

Share of the 137 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.

The jobs

Goods jobs make up 49% of work in Webberville

49 jobs are based in Webberville.

Jobs based in WebbervilleJobs Webberville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms49%23%
Trade, transport & utilities29%16%
Services: health, schools, offices22%62%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less14%6%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%23%
Over $3,333 a month57%71%

Who does it

29 or younger31%24%
30 to 5451%61%
55 and older18%16%
+96%

Jobs based in Webberville, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 49. 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 Webberville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

How far

Near or far: the trip to work from Webberville

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miAustin: 53% · 16 miRound Rock: 6% · 22.9 miSan Antonio: 4% · 81 miPflugerville: 3% · 16.4 miManor: 1% · 9.5 miHouston: 1% · 129.9 miCedar Park: 1% · 27.3 miCorpus Christi: 1% · 171.9 miTemple: 1% · 61.1 miCarmel-by-the-Sea: <1% · 1470.5 miAustin 53%Round Rock 6%San Antonio 4%Pflugerville 3%Manor 1%Webberville
WebbervilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
7%Under 10 mi15 residents
68%10–24 mi146 residents
7%25–50 mi15 residents
19%Over 50 mi40 residents

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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Webberville: questions

What is the median household income in Webberville?

$71,250 (±$14,062) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Webberville?

6.2%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Webberville?

32 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Webberville work?

0% work in town.

Can you get around Webberville without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Webberville, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Webberville

Webberville home →

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.