Work & commute · Pettus

Work & commute in Pettus, TX

Most working residents leave Pettus for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Kenedy (8%), San Antonio (6%) and Corpus Christi (6%). Half commute less than 60 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 144 working residents

Typical commute

60 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 137 Pettus residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 390 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pettus.

137live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

390work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pettus goes to work

Kenedy13.6 mi away

8%11

San Antonio72.7 mi away

6%9

Corpus Christi71.1 mi away

6%8

Beeville15 mi away

5%7

Pettus (in town)right here

5%7

Alice61.4 mi away

3%5

Houston167 mi away

3%5

Tuleta2.8 mi away

3%5

Pearsall80.2 mi away

3%4

Austin116.3 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%80

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

How far

How far Pettus commutes

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

25%

10%

56%

8%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

56%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pettus is a job hub

2.76jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pettus are

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

Jobs based in Pettus

397 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month54%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Pettus residents hold

144 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+35%

Jobs based in Pettus, 2013 → 2023: 293 → 397. 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.