About two in five of San Pedro’s working residents commute to Brownsville
0% of workers have no commute at all; Texas has 14%. Hardly any work in San Pedro; the top destination outside it is Brownsville (43%, 7 miles). Working residents average 25 minutes each way, where Texas has 27 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
San Pedro quiets down on a workday
On a workday 152 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in San Pedro on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
The towns that employ San Pedro’s residents
Where San Pedro clocks in
43% of workers
9% 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.
About 25 minutes each way, quicker than most of Texas
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of San Pedro workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 173 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.
Short hops and long hauls from San Pedro
About 21% 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 San Pedro: questions
What is the poverty rate in San Pedro?
55.2%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from San Pedro?
25 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in San Pedro work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around San Pedro without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 23% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from San Pedro, from the people who make the trip.
More of San Pedro
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.