Pecan Acres has higher unemployment (10.1%) than 94% of U.S. towns
A typical one-way commute lasts 39 minutes, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. Jobs and income earn Pecan Acres B; getting around on foot earns it C−. Household incomes here are higher than in 86% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Pecan Acres apart on work
Pecan Acres makes and builds things
68% of the jobs based in Pecan Acres are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Pecan Acres residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 19%. The jobs ↓
Pecan Acres workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 39 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 299 hours of commuting, 92 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Pecan Acres and Fort Worth trade workers both ways
Fort Worth is the top workplace for Pecan Acres residents (31%) and also where the most people who work in Pecan Acres come from (32% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Pecan Acres has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Pecan Acres went from 542 in 2013 to 947 in 2023, +75%. The jobs ↓
Pecan Acres empties out on a workday
About 2,600 people are in Pecan Acres on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than the 4,200 who live here: 2,400 head out to work and 900 come in. Day and night ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Jobs & income in Pecan Acres: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pecan Acres is better than 64% of U.S. towns, #229 of 642 in Texas. Household income holds Pecan Acres’ grade up ($114,141, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pecan Acres could be anywhere from C to A.
Goods jobs make up 68% of work in Pecan Acres
947 jobs are based in Pecan Acres.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pecan Acres, 2013 → 2023: 542 → 947. 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 Pecan Acres’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Pecan Acres, about 39 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pecan Acres workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,616 commuters (the 20% 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.
31% of working residents work in Fort Worth
Where Pecan Acres clocks in
31% 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.
In and out of Pecan Acres on a workday
On a workday 2,415 residents head out to work, 45 work right here, and 902 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in Pecan Acres on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.
0.38 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where in the region Pecan Acres works
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.
Most trips from Pecan Acres start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pecan Acres is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns, #548 of 642 in Texas. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.0% across Texas, on an EPA index of 4.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,008 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.1% of Pecan Acres households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pecan Acres’ commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,112 U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,600, Pecan Acres comes 1,517th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| 4 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 5 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,515 | Bigfork MT | 5,565 | $85K | 5.7% | 1.8% | 31% | B |
| 1,516 | Liberty Township IN | 4,742 | $85K | 6.8% | 3.8% | 12% | B |
| 1,517 | Pecan Acres TX | 4,161 | $114K | 7.9% | 10.1% | 2% | B |
| 1,518 | Savannah MO | 5,107 | $63K | 4.4% | 2.4% | 12% | B |
| 1,519 | Clinton Township OH | 4,153 | $72K | 19.0% | 2.3% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,112 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Pecan Acres, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Next door is work for 31% of Pecan Acres
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pecan Acres workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pecan Acres | – | B | C− | 39 min | $114,141 |
| Newark | under 2% | B− | C+ | 33 min | $77,344 |
| Briar | under 2% | A− | D | 39 min | $104,238 |
| Fort Worth | 31% | B | B+ | 27 min | $79,507 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Fort Worth. Darker towns draw more of Pecan Acres’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 Pecan Acres: questions
What is the median household income in Pecan Acres?
$114,141 (±$65,864) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pecan Acres?
7.9%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pecan Acres?
39 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pecan Acres work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Worth (31%, 15 mi), Dallas (7%, 43 mi), Irving (4%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pecan Acres walkable?
Pecan Acres is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pecan Acres without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pecan Acres, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pecan Acres
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.