Work & commute · Pelican Bay

Work & commute in Pelican Bay, TX

Most working residents leave Pelican Bay for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Worth (28%), Dallas (7%) and Azle (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 847 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 844 Pelican Bay residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pelican Bay.

844live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

29work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pelican Bay goes to work

Fort Worth13.9 mi away

28%239

Dallas44.6 mi away

7%62

Azle2.2 mi away

6%47

Irving32.2 mi away

3%26

Arlington27.6 mi away

3%24

Grand Prairie33.5 mi away

2%17

Houston250.5 mi away

2%17

Plano45.5 mi away

2%15

Saginaw9.7 mi away

2%14

Hurst20.5 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%374

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

How far

How far Pelican Bay commutes

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

15%

42%

31%

12%

15%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pelican Bay is a commuter town

0.04jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pelican Bay are

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

Jobs based in Pelican Bay

32 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Pelican Bay residents hold

847 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+88%

Jobs based in Pelican Bay, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 32. 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.