Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Pearsall are lower than in 89% of U.S. towns
28.0% of residents live below the poverty line, next to 13.8% for Texas as a whole. Pearsall grades D for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. For 1% of workers, the job is at home, against 14% across Texas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Pearsall stands out on work
Pearsall’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Pearsall is San Antonio, 52 miles away as the crow flies. 24% of working residents (656) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
55% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Pearsall trades workers with the towns around it
Pearsall has about as many jobs (2,799) as working residents (2,739), but they are mostly different people: 2,141 residents leave for work each day while 2,201 people come in. Only 21% of the jobs in Pearsall are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Pearsall are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Pearsall workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
The figures behind Pearsall’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pearsall is better than 9% of U.S. towns, #602 of 642 in Texas. Unemployment holds Pearsall’s grade up (4.9%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pearsall could be anywhere from D− to C.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Pearsall
About 55% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Pearsall
On a workday 2,141 residents head out to work, 598 work right here, and 2,201 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The trip to work from Pearsall: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pearsall workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,351 commuters (the 1% 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.
24% of working residents work in San Antonio
Where Pearsall clocks in
24% of workers
4% of workers
2% 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.
Jobs in Pearsall: what the 2,799 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pearsall, 2013 → 2023: 2,687 → 2,799. 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 Pearsall’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Pearsall is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pearsall is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns, #421 of 642 in Texas. Both inputs place Pearsall near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,382 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 12.5% of Pearsall households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Pearsall’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Pearsall sits among U.S. towns of 6,400 to 12,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 12 | Hickory Creek TX | 6,875 | $149K | 2.6% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Alamo Heights TX | 7,632 | $183K | 2.5% | 2.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Oak Point TX | 6,909 | $126K | 1.5% | 1.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,741 | Oxford NC | 8,985 | $43K | 28.3% | 7.0% | 15% | D |
| 2,742 | Woodward OK | 11,635 | $54K | 17.2% | 7.5% | 46% | D |
| 2,743 | Pearsall TX | 9,170 | $49K | 28.0% | 4.9% | 22% | D |
| 2,744 | Orosi CA | 8,966 | $55K | 22.0% | 17.6% | 10% | D |
| 2,745 | Live Oak FL | 7,248 | $59K | 16.3% | 14.2% | 25% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 2,886 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Pearsall, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Around Pearsall: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pearsall workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pearsall | – | D | C+ | 19 min | $49,198 |
| North Pearsall | under 1% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. North Pearsall: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pearsall’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Pearsall: questions
What is the median household income in Pearsall?
$49,198 (±$13,793) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pearsall?
28.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pearsall?
19 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pearsall work?
22% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Antonio (24%, 52 mi), Austin (4%, 126 mi), Houston (2%, 232 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pearsall walkable?
Pearsall is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pearsall without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pearsall, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pearsall
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.