Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Tuleta
Tuleta has 82 jobs for 84 working residents. For 0% of workers, the job is at home, next to 14% for Texas as a whole. Commuters spend 14 minutes getting to work on average; the Texas average is 27, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Tuleta
On a workday 84 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 82 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 (0.98 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
10% of working residents work in Pettus
Where Tuleta clocks in
7% 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.
Tuleta makes things: 77% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tuleta, 2013 → 2023: 215 → 82. 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 Tuleta’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Tuleta: about 14 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tuleta workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 140 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.
How many miles Tuleta commutes
About 54% 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.
10% of Tuleta works in a bordering town
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tuleta workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuleta | – | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Pettus | 10% | — | — | 16 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Pettus: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Pettus. Darker towns draw more of Tuleta’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 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 Tuleta: questions
What is the poverty rate in Tuleta?
0.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tuleta?
14 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tuleta work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pettus (10%, 3 mi), Houston (7%, 168 mi), Kenedy (5%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Tuleta 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 Tuleta, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tuleta
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.