A job hub: Pettus has 2.8 jobs per working resident, and 390 people come in to work
Home is the office for 0% of workers (Texas 14%). There are 397 jobs in Pettus for 144 working residents. Only 5% stay in Pettus for work; outside it, Kenedy is the main destination (8%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Pettus
On a workday 137 residents head out to work and 7 work right here.
About 860 people are in Pettus on a workday afternoon, 42% more 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.
Commuting in to Pettus: where workers come from
Where Pettus clocks in
8% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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.
Pettus is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pettus, 2013 → 2023: 293 → 397. 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 Pettus’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 16 minutes to work from Pettus
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pettus workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 234 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.
How far Pettus goes to work
About 56% 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.
Next door to Pettus
The biggest share goes to Tuleta (3%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pettus workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pettus | – | — | — | 16 min | $70,654 |
| Tuleta | 3% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Tulsita | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Tuleta and Tulsita: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pettus’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 Pettus: questions
What is the median household income in Pettus?
$70,654 (±$13,934) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pettus?
6.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pettus?
16 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pettus work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kenedy (8%, 14 mi), San Antonio (6%, 73 mi), Corpus Christi (6%, 71 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pettus without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pettus, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pettus
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.