Pinebrook has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
Pinebrook has 6 jobs; 209 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Pinebrook itself; outside it, Houston draws the most (26%, 47 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where Texas as a whole has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Pinebrook at work: what stands out
Pinebrook’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Pinebrook is Houston, 47 miles away as the crow flies. 26% of working residents (54) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Pinebrook is a place people come home to
There are 6 jobs based in Pinebrook, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Pinebrook has about 100 people in it, 66% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Pinebrook workers work from home
Only 0% 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; with 209 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Near or far: the trip to work from Pinebrook
About 29% 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.
Pinebrook quiets down on a workday
On a workday 209 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 100 people are in Pinebrook on a workday afternoon, 66% fewer 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.
Working from home in Pinebrook
of Pinebrook workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 133 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.
Where Pinebrook goes to work
Where Pinebrook clocks in
26% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
100% of the jobs in Pinebrook pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pinebrook, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 6. 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 Pinebrook’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Pinebrook: questions
What is the poverty rate in Pinebrook?
1.3%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Pinebrook work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houston (26%, 47 mi), Magnolia (5%, 11 mi), Navasota (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pinebrook 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 Pinebrook, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pinebrook
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.