Work & commute · Pearland

Work & commute in Pearland, TX

Most working residents leave Pearland for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (51%), Pasadena (3%) and Sugar Land (2%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

5,887 of 61,760 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 55,873 Pearland residents head out of town to work, 5,887 work right here, and 30,753 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pearland.

55,873live here, work elsewhere

5,887live and work here

30,753work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pearland goes to work

Houston16.4 mi away

51%31,694

Pearland (in town)right here

10%5,887

Pasadena12.4 mi away

3%2,049

Sugar Land18.7 mi away

2%1,395

Alvin10.8 mi away

2%1,137

League City13.6 mi away

1%753

Austin154.4 mi away

1%752

Webster12.5 mi away

1%741

Galveston33.4 mi away

1%604

Deer Park15.6 mi away

1%602

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%16,146

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

How far

How far Pearland commutes

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

25%

53%

12%

10%

25%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pearland is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pearland are

36,640 jobs are based in Pearland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pearland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pearland

36,640 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Pearland residents hold

61,760 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+51%

Jobs based in Pearland, 2013 → 2023: 24,237 → 36,640. 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.