San Antonio

City Commute Profile

San Antonio, TX

Where San Antonio’s 639,234 resident workers go each day — 67.0% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Austin.

TexasLODES 2023 data
59
Commute Score

59 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

San Antonio at a glance
Employed Residents
639,234
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
12.3mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
67.0%
Share working within the area
Work from home
13.5%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Austin
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for San Antonio proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How San Antonio commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

San Antonio

639,234 commutes, one dot at a time

San Antonio

Where 639,234 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in San Antonio, by worker count.

1San Antonio0.0 mi428,026
2Austin73.9 mi25,125
3Houston189.1 mi16,261
4Leon Valley6.4 mi14,021
5Dallas252.0 mi7,682
6Schertz17.7 mi5,394
7New Braunfels29.1 mi5,069
8Live Oak12.3 mi4,836

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into San Antonio.

1San Antonio0.0 mi428,026
2Austin73.9 mi14,063
3New Braunfels29.1 mi10,296
4Timberwood Park16.1 mi9,731
5Schertz17.7 mi8,308
6Houston189.1 mi8,064
7Converse13.0 mi6,710
8Cibolo19.2 mi5,937

Top industries

The sectors that employ San Antonio’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance18.1%
AFAccommodation and Food Services11.1%
RTRetail Trade10.5%
FIFinance and Insurance8.0%
EDEducational Services7.6%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services7.5%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services6.7%
MFManufacturing4.9%
COConstruction4.9%

San Antonio city profile

Who lives in San Antonio — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
1,479,835
Median age
34.9yrs
Median household income
$65,056
Median home value
$235,700
Median gross rent
$1,324/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
29.0%
Poverty rate
17.1%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Connectivity

Internet options for San Antonio

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

14 providers · 4 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps97%
5 Gbps96%
8 Gbps49%
See all internet providers in San Antonio

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).