For more than half of its working residents, Petronila is a commute to Corpus Christi
Commuters spend 24 minutes getting to work on average, where Texas has 27 and the U.S. 26. For 32% of workers, the job is at home; Texas has 14%. Hardly any work in Petronila itself; outside it, Corpus Christi draws the most (52%, 29 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Petronila
On a workday 27 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere.
About 75 people are in Petronila on a workday afternoon, 15% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 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.
Where the trip to work from Petronila ends
Where Petronila clocks in
52% 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.
Making and building: 62% of jobs based in Petronila
37 jobs are based in Petronila.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Petronila, 2013 → 2023: 45 → 37. 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 Petronila’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Petronila: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Petronila workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 56 commuters (the 33% 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.
Miles to work from Petronila
About 30% 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 Petronila: questions
What is the median household income in Petronila?
$123,750 (±$120,403) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Petronila?
0.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Petronila?
24 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 32% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Petronila work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Petronila 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 Petronila, from the people who make the trip.
More of Petronila
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.