Photo: Public domain · Public domainFew U.S. towns have household incomes as high as Piney Point Village’s
Below the poverty line: 1.0% of residents, against 13.8% across Texas. Measured by household income, Piney Point Village is among the highest-earning towns in the country. For jobs and income Piney Point Village is better than 89% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (B−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Piney Point Village: the figures worth knowing
More than half of Piney Point Village works in Houston
833 working residents, 64%, have their main job in Houston, 7.9 miles away. That’s 32 times as many as work in Piney Point Village itself. The commute map ↓
A lot of Piney Point Village works from home
28% of Piney Point Village workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Time on the road ↓
Most Piney Point Village residents work close to home
62% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Commutes from Piney Point Village are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas worker. Time on the road ↓
Piney Point Village has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Piney Point Village went from 765 in 2014 to 1,088 in 2024, +42%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Inside Piney Point Village’s Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Piney Point Village’s grade up ($250,000+, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (8.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
The Census reports Piney Point Village’s median household income as $250,000+, the top of its scale; the grade ranks it as tied with the 111 other graded places at that ceiling.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Piney Point Village could be anywhere from A to A+.
64% of working residents work in Houston
Where Piney Point Village clocks in
64% of workers
2% 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.
From Piney Point Village, about 21 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Piney Point Village workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,019 commuters (the 28% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Piney Point Village
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Piney Point Village
1,088 jobs are based in Piney Point Village.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Piney Point Village, 2014 → 2024: 765 → 1,088. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Piney Point Village’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Piney Point Village, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,272 residents head out to work, 24 work right here, and 1,064 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Most trips from Piney Point Village start in a car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.0% across Texas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,407 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 58% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 77% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Piney Point Village households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Piney Point Village’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Piney Point Village is 444th among 4,562 U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Talty TX | 3,299 | $155K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 442 | Kohler WI | 2,272 | $136K | 2.4% | 4.1% | 14% | A |
| 443 | Washington Township OH | 3,083 | $71K | 4.1% | 0.3% | 1% | A |
| 444 | Piney Point Village TX | 3,141 | $250K | 1.0% | 8.5% | 2% | A |
| 445 | Annetta TX | 3,546 | $178K | 1.5% | 5.1% | 2% | A |
| 446 | Hortonville WI | 3,340 | $82K | 4.4% | 0.7% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,562 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Piney Point Village, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Piney Point Village and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Hedwig Village (1%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Piney Point Village workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piney Point Village | – | A | B− | 21 min | $250,000+ |
| Hunters Creek Village | under 1% | A | B | 24 min | $250,000+ |
| Bunker Hill Village | under 1% | A+ | B | 18 min | $250,000+ |
| Hedwig Village | 1% | A | A | 21 min | $223,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Piney Point Village’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 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- A ceiling on income. The Census stops at $250,000+, so the true median may be higher.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Piney Point Village: questions
What is the median household income in Piney Point Village?
$250,000+ (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Piney Point Village?
1.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Piney Point Village?
21 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 28% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Piney Point Village work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houston (64%, 8 mi), Sugar Land (2%, 13 mi), Austin (2%, 139 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Piney Point Village walkable?
Piney Point Village is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 11.0 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Piney Point Village without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Piney Point Village, from the people who make the trip.
More of Piney Point Village
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.