Work & commute · Pearsall

Work & commute in Pearsall, TX

About one in 5 of Pearsall’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are San Antonio (24%), Austin (4%) and Houston (2%). Half commute less than 53 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

598 of 2,739 working residents

Typical commute

53 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 2,141 Pearsall residents head out of town to work, 598 work right here, and 2,201 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pearsall.

2,141live here, work elsewhere

598live and work here

2,201work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pearsall goes to work

San Antonio52.4 mi away

24%656

Pearsall (in town)right here

22%598

Austin126.3 mi away

4%115

Houston231.7 mi away

2%50

Dilley16.3 mi away

2%42

New Braunfels81.3 mi away

1%37

McAllen191.6 mi away

1%37

Laredo95.1 mi away

1%33

Cotulla32.7 mi away

1%27

Jourdanton33.7 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%1,121

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

How far

How far Pearsall commutes

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

24%

13%

55%

24%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

55%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pearsall is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pearsall are

2,799 jobs are based in Pearsall. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pearsall’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pearsall

2,799 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Pearsall residents hold

2,739 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+4%

Jobs based in Pearsall, 2013 → 2023: 2,687 → 2,799. 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.