Work & commute · Petty

Work & commute in Petty, TX

Most working residents leave Petty for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Paris (48%), Sulphur Springs (5%) and Houston (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 56 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 56 Petty residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 125 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Petty.

56live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

125work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Petty goes to work

Paris15.4 mi away

48%27

Sulphur Springs33.7 mi away

5%3

Houston265 mi away

5%3

Dallas79 mi away

4%2

Longview96.3 mi away

4%2

Elk City, OK240.4 mi away

2%1

Windom11.6 mi away

2%1

Detroit31.1 mi away

2%1

Pittsburg63.9 mi away

2%1

Nash96.7 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%14

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

How far

How far Petty commutes

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

56%

33%

2%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Petty is a job hub

2.23jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Petty are

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

Jobs based in Petty

125 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)98%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Petty residents hold

56 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+733%

Jobs based in Petty, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 125. 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.