Work & commute · Pecan Grove

Work & commute in Pecan Grove, TX

Most working residents leave Pecan Grove for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (44%), Sugar Land (11%) and Rosenberg (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

238 of 11,435 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,197 Pecan Grove residents head out of town to work, 238 work right here, and 1,630 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pecan Grove.

11,197live here, work elsewhere

238live and work here

1,630work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pecan Grove goes to work

Houston23.4 mi away

44%5,082

Sugar Land6.4 mi away

11%1,262

Rosenberg7.6 mi away

6%639

Stafford9.9 mi away

2%244

Pecan Grove (in town)right here

2%238

Katy13.3 mi away

2%196

Austin129.7 mi away

2%188

Dallas227.4 mi away

1%127

Missouri City12.5 mi away

1%117

Richmond3.4 mi away

1%100

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%3,242

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

How far

How far Pecan Grove commutes

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

28%

45%

14%

13%

28%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pecan Grove is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pecan Grove are

1,868 jobs are based in Pecan Grove. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pecan Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pecan Grove

1,868 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Pecan Grove residents hold

11,435 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+37%

Jobs based in Pecan Grove, 2013 → 2023: 1,363 → 1,868. 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.