Work & commute · Palo Pinto

Work & commute in Palo Pinto, TX

Most working residents leave Palo Pinto for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Mineral Wells (16%), Wichita Falls (5%) and Abilene (5%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 86 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 85 Palo Pinto residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 60 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Palo Pinto.

85live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

60work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Palo Pinto goes to work

Mineral Wells13.5 mi away

16%14

Wichita Falls79.4 mi away

5%4

Abilene86.4 mi away

5%4

Stephenville38.9 mi away

3%3

Millsap17 mi away

2%2

Granbury38.7 mi away

2%2

Dallas89.2 mi away

2%2

Fort Worth55.4 mi away

2%2

San Antonio229.1 mi away

2%2

San Angelo155.8 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%49

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Palo Pinto commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10%

29%

20%

41%

10%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Palo Pinto is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.71 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Palo Pinto are

61 jobs are based in Palo Pinto. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Palo Pinto’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Palo Pinto

61 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Palo Pinto residents hold

86 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−21%

Jobs based in Palo Pinto, 2013 → 2023: 77 → 61. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.