Pine Forest has 2.6 jobs for every working resident: 504 people commute in to work
Employers in Pine Forest report 507 jobs, against 198 working residents. Only 2% work in Pine Forest; the top destination outside it is Beaumont (26%, 9 miles). The trip to work takes 22 minutes on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Pine Forest, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 195 residents head out to work and 3 work right here.
About 810 people are in Pine Forest on a workday afternoon, 61% 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.
Who travels to work in Pine Forest, and from where
Where Pine Forest clocks in
26% of workers
12% of workers
8% 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.
66% of the jobs in Pine Forest pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pine Forest, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 507. 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 Pine Forest’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Pine Forest: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pine Forest workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 211 commuters (the 9% 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 Pine Forest’s workers travel
About 26% 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 Pine Forest: questions
What is the median household income in Pine Forest?
$98,068 (±$28,027) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pine Forest?
6.4%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pine Forest?
22 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pine Forest work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Beaumont (26%, 9 mi), Vidor (12%, 4 mi), Houston (8%, 85 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pine Forest without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pine Forest, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pine Forest
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.