Work & commute · Pineland

Work & commute in Pineland, TX

Most working residents leave Pineland for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Hemphill (7%), Houston (6%) and Jasper (4%). Half commute less than 43 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

48 of 298 working residents

Typical commute

43 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 250 Pineland residents head out of town to work, 48 work right here, and 479 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pineland.

250live here, work elsewhere

48live and work here

479work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pineland goes to work

Pineland (in town)right here

16%48

Hemphill9.8 mi away

7%22

Houston131.5 mi away

6%18

Jasper22.4 mi away

4%13

Lufkin44.9 mi away

4%12

Beaumont80.9 mi away

3%10

San Augustine21.1 mi away

3%9

Center39.6 mi away

2%7

Nacogdoches47.3 mi away

2%6

Woodville42.1 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%148

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

How far

How far Pineland commutes

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

27%

18%

14%

42%

27%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pineland is a job hub

1.77jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pineland are

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

Jobs based in Pineland

527 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)62%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Pineland residents hold

298 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+194%

Jobs based in Pineland, 2013 → 2023: 179 → 527. 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.