Work & commute · Pine Forest

Work & commute in Pine Forest, TX

Most working residents leave Pine Forest for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Beaumont (26%), Vidor (12%) and Houston (8%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 198 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 195 Pine Forest residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 504 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pine Forest.

195live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

504work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pine Forest goes to work

Beaumont9.1 mi away

26%52

Vidor4.2 mi away

12%24

Houston85.4 mi away

8%16

Orange17.1 mi away

6%11

Port Arthur20.8 mi away

5%9

Nederland14.4 mi away

3%5

Pine Forest (in town)right here

2%3

Jasper51.7 mi away

2%3

Central Gardens13 mi away

2%3

Lake Charles, LA49.3 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%70

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

How far

How far Pine Forest commutes

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

36%

26%

36%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pine Forest is a job hub

2.56jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pine Forest are

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

Jobs based in Pine Forest

507 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Pine Forest residents hold

198 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+2314%

Jobs based in Pine Forest, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 507. 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.