Work & commute · Peaster

Work & commute in Peaster, TX

Most working residents leave Peaster for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Worth (23%), Weatherford (14%) and Mineral Wells (4%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 77 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 76 Peaster residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 301 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Peaster.

76live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

301work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Peaster goes to work

Fort Worth30.8 mi away

23%18

Weatherford9.2 mi away

14%11

Mineral Wells12.1 mi away

4%3

Dallas64.3 mi away

4%3

Arlington44.7 mi away

3%2

College Station182 mi away

3%2

Cool9 mi away

1%1

Shenandoah232.9 mi away

1%1

Highland Park62.2 mi away

1%1

Peaster (in town)right here

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%34

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

How far

How far Peaster commutes

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

25%

14%

36%

25%

25%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Peaster is a job hub

3.92jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Peaster are

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

Jobs based in Peaster

302 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)96%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Peaster residents hold

77 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+53%

Jobs based in Peaster, 2013 → 2023: 197 → 302. 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.