Work & commute · Pine Island

Work & commute in Pine Island, TX

Most working residents leave Pine Island for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (30%), Hempstead (5%) and Prairie View (4%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 455 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 445 Pine Island residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 687 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pine Island.

445live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

687work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pine Island goes to work

Houston42.5 mi away

30%136

Hempstead4.4 mi away

5%21

Prairie View3.7 mi away

4%16

College Station40 mi away

3%13

Waller5.9 mi away

3%12

Pine Island (in town)right here

2%10

Tomball24.6 mi away

2%9

Dallas194.2 mi away

2%9

Brenham23.1 mi away

2%8

Bellville15.6 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%214

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

How far

How far Pine Island commutes

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

17%

20%

44%

19%

17%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

44%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pine Island is a job hub

1.53jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pine Island are

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

Jobs based in Pine Island

697 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)85%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)4%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month7%

Over $3,333 a month89%

Jobs Pine Island residents hold

455 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+204%

Jobs based in Pine Island, 2013 → 2023: 229 → 697. 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.