Pattison has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 1% work in Pattison itself; outside it, Houston draws the most (38%, 35 miles). Pattison has 44 jobs, and 193 of its residents work somewhere. Home is the office for 29% of workers, against 14% across Texas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Pattison, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 191 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere.
About 520 people are in Pattison on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
Out of Pattison to work: where people go
Where Pattison clocks in
38% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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.
Goods jobs make up 59% of work in Pattison
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pattison, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 44. 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 Pattison’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Pattison: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pattison workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 299 commuters (the 29% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Pattison
About 18% 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 Pattison: questions
What is the median household income in Pattison?
$99,659 (±$55,136) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pattison?
20.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pattison?
32 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 29% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pattison work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houston (38%, 35 mi), Katy (6%, 8 mi), Brookshire (4%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pattison 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 Pattison, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pattison
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.