Two workplaces, five communities: where does the drive balance out?
I’m Cynthia Mattiza, an Associate Broker with Kuper Sotheby’s International Realty. This tool compares Westlake, Bee Cave, Lakeway, Rough Hollow and Spicewood by the weekly free-flow drive burden between two workplaces. It is a starting point for a shortlist, not a commute forecast, and it needs no exact addresses.
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The interactive tool needs JavaScript. The static table below has the same free-flow figures.
These are free-flow, no-traffic routing estimates from the public OSRM demo server, measured 2026-10-22. They are a floor, not a commute time: real drives at your departure window can be much longer, which is why the commute guide shows you how to test your own.
Measured rush-hour ranges: Google Maps typical-traffic range for the first recommended route, departing 8:00 AM on a Tuesday (Oct 27, 2026), measured 2026-10-23.
Free-flow drive minutes (no JavaScript needed)
| Destination | Westlake | Bee Cave | Lakeway | Rough Hollow (approximate origin point) | Spicewood (approximate origin point) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google, 601 W 2nd St (Sail Tower) | 9 min · 4.6 mi | 23 min · 15.7 mi | 31 min · 20.7 mi | 36 min · 22.6 mi | 48 min · 34.9 mi |
| Google, 500 W 2nd St | 9 min · 4.7 mi | 24 min · 15.8 mi | 32 min · 20.8 mi | 36 min · 22.6 mi | 48 min · 34.9 mi |
| Meta, 300 W 6th St | 10 min · 4.9 mi | 24 min · 16 mi | 32 min · 21 mi | 37 min · 22.8 mi | 49 min · 35.2 mi |
| Downtown core (Texas State Capitol reference point) | 12 min · 5.7 mi | 26 min · 16.8 mi | 34 min · 21.8 mi | 39 min · 23.6 mi | 51 min · 36 mi |
| AMD, 7171 Southwest Pkwy | 13 min · 7.1 mi | 13 min · 7.4 mi | 22 min · 12.4 mi | 26 min · 14.2 mi | 38 min · 26.6 mi |
| Oracle, 2300 Oracle Way | 15 min · 6.6 mi | 27 min · 18.1 mi | 35 min · 23.1 mi | 40 min · 24.9 mi | 52 min · 37.2 mi |
| Apple, 5501 W Parmer Ln (existing) | 22 min · 16.5 mi | 34 min · 21.6 mi | 35 min · 22.1 mi | 40 min · 24 mi | 59 min · 40.7 mi |
| Apple, new North Austin campus site (W Parmer Ln & Dallas Dr) | 24 min · 17.8 mi | 35 min · 23.2 mi | 33 min · 20.8 mi | 38 min · 22.7 mi | 57 min · 38.8 mi |
| NVIDIA, 11001 Lakeline Blvd | 26 min · 18.9 mi | 33 min · 20.7 mi | 31 min · 18.2 mi | 35 min · 20 mi | 55 min · 36.2 mi |
| Dell Technologies, Round Rock | 27 min · 21.1 mi | 39 min · 27.5 mi | 37 min · 25.5 mi | 42 min · 27.3 mi | 62 min · 43.4 mi |
| Tesla, 1 Tesla Road | 29 min · 18.5 mi | 38 min · 25.8 mi | 46 min · 30.8 mi | 50 min · 32.7 mi | 63 min · 45 mi |
| Samsung, Taylor (1530 FM 973) | 52 min · 41.7 mi | 64 min · 48 mi | 62 min · 46 mi | 67 min · 47.9 mi | 86 min · 64 mi |
Rough Hollow and Spicewood: approximate origin point.
Measured rush-hour ranges (no JavaScript needed)
| Destination | Westlake | Bee Cave | Lakeway | Rough Hollow (approximate origin point) | Spicewood (approximate origin point) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downtown core (Texas State Capitol reference point) | 12–22 min | 26–50 min | 35–65 min | 40–75 min | 50–85 min |
| AMD, 7171 Southwest Pkwy | 10–20 min | 10–16 min | 18–30 min | 22–35 min | 30–55 min |
| Oracle, 2300 Oracle Way | 16–30 min | 26–45 min | 35–65 min | 40–70 min | 45–80 min |
| Apple, 5501 W Parmer Ln (existing) | 18–30 min | 30–55 min | 30–60 min | 35–65 min | 50–90 min |
| NVIDIA, 11001 Lakeline Blvd | 20–30 min | 30–65 min | 26–50 min | 30–60 min | 45–90 min |
| Dell Technologies, Round Rock | 22–30 min | 35–60 min | 30–55 min | 35–65 min | 50–100 min |
| Tesla, 1 Tesla Road | 24–35 min | 30–45 min | 35–65 min | 40–70 min | 50–80 min |
| Samsung, Taylor (1530 FM 973) | 40–55 min | 50–80 min | 50–80 min | 55–85 min | 70–110 min |
These are Google’s traffic-model estimates for one weekday departure time. They are a starting point, not a forecast: drive your own route at your own window, and also test the return trip, school drop-off, remote days and tolls. Other destinations in the free-flow table have no measured rush-hour range.
Rough Hollow and Spicewood: approximate origin point.
How the ranking works
- Weekly free-flow drive burden = round trips per week × two × the free-flow drive time from each community to each workplace, added together. It is measured with no traffic, so every real number will be higher.
- The ranking can change once you test your own departure window. Use the commute guide’s method before you treat any order as final.
- Spicewood and Rough Hollow origin points are approximate. Choosing “somewhere else” for a workplace uses no data and is shown as unranked.
- Nothing you choose here is sent to analytics. If you press “Send me my shortlist”, your choices pre-fill the shortlist form and nothing is sent until you submit it.


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