Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0Where Palo Pinto earns its living
0% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Only 1% stay in Palo Pinto for work; outside it, Mineral Wells is the main destination (15%, 14 miles). Working residents average 23 minutes each way, next to 27 for Texas and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Palo Pinto
On a workday 85 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 50 people come in from elsewhere.
About 170 people are in Palo Pinto on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.59 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 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Palo Pinto to work: where people go
Where Palo Pinto clocks in
15% of workers
5% of workers
3% 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.
Palo Pinto is a services town
51 jobs are based in Palo Pinto.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Palo Pinto, 2014 → 2024: 47 → 51. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Palo Pinto’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Palo Pinto, about 23 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Palo Pinto workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 48 commuters (the 0% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Palo Pinto
About 50% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Palo Pinto: questions
What is the median household income in Palo Pinto?
$50,278 (±$39,599) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Palo Pinto?
11.6%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Palo Pinto?
23 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Palo Pinto work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mineral Wells (15%, 14 mi), Fort Worth (5%, 55 mi), San Antonio (3%, 229 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Palo Pinto without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Palo Pinto, from the people who make the trip.
More of Palo Pinto
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.