Work & commute · Piney Point

Work & commute in Piney Point, TX

Most working residents leave Piney Point for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (65%), Hedwig Village (2%) and Sugar Land (2%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36 of 1,312 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,276 Piney Point residents head out of town to work, 36 work right here, and 1,038 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Piney Point.

1,276live here, work elsewhere

36live and work here

1,038work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Piney Point goes to work

Houston7.9 mi away

65%849

Piney Point Village (in town)right here

3%36

Hedwig Village1.7 mi away

2%24

Sugar Land13.1 mi away

2%24

Austin139.1 mi away

1%19

Dallas222.5 mi away

1%18

Stafford9.6 mi away

1%14

Plano239 mi away

1%11

Spring Valley Village2.4 mi away

1%10

The Woodlands28.8 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%298

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

How far

How far Piney Point commutes

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

65%

17%

13%

65%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Piney Point is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Piney Point are

1,074 jobs are based in Piney Point. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Piney Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Piney Point

1,074 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Piney Point residents hold

1,312 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+41%

Jobs based in Piney Point, 2013 → 2023: 760 → 1,074. 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.