There are 1.8 jobs in Pineland for every working resident, and 479 people commute in
Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers, where Texas as a whole has 14%. Pineland has 527 jobs, against 298 working residents. About one in seven work in Pineland; the top destination outside it is Hemphill (7%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Pineland apart on work
Pineland is where the jobs are
Pineland has 527 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Pineland makes and builds things
62% of the jobs based in Pineland are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Pineland residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 30%. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
42% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 298 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In and out of Pineland on a workday
On a workday 250 residents head out to work and 48 work right here.
About 1,100 people are in Pineland on a workday afternoon, 25% more than live here.
1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Making and building: 62% of jobs based in Pineland
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pineland, 2013 → 2023: 179 → 527. 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 Pineland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Pineland works
About 42% 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.
The towns that send workers to Pineland
Where Pineland clocks in
7% of workers
6% 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.
About 25 minutes each way for Pineland’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pineland workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 295 commuters (the 3% 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.
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 Pineland: questions
What is the median household income in Pineland?
$31,858 (±$23,305) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pineland?
40.9%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pineland?
25 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pineland work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hemphill (7%, 10 mi), Houston (6%, 132 mi), Jasper (4%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pineland without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pineland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pineland
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.