Abram has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
There are 8 jobs in Abram, and 366 of its residents work somewhere. Abram grades C− for jobs and income and D− for walkability. 0% of workers work from home, next to 14% for Texas as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Abram, in a few figures
Abram is a place people come home to
There are 8 jobs based in Abram, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Few Abram workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Commutes from Abram are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 366 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Abram
On income, poverty and job access, Abram is better than 23% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Abram’s grade up (ahead of 66% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (34.3%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (6.3%) is left out: Abram’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Abram could be anywhere from D to B+.
Who works in Abram, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 365 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Abram on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 21 minutes each way for Abram’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Abram workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 629 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
21% of working residents work in McAllen
Where Abram clocks in
21% of workers
12% of workers
11% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Goods jobs make up 100% of work in Abram
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Abram, 2013 → 2023: 95 → 8. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Abram’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Abram, by distance
About 20% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how Abram gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Abram is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Abram near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 629 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 9.3% of Abram households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Abram’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 6,085 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400, Abram comes 4,129th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Rollingwood TX | 1,466 | $240K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| 27 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,127 | Morgan Township PA | 2,187 | $65K | 15.8% | 4.2% | 2% | C− |
| 4,128 | Jarales NM | 2,144 | $56K | 9.5% | 0.0% | 1% | C− |
| 4,129 | Abram TX | 1,741 | $59K | 34.3% | 6.3% | <1% | C− |
| 4,130 | Thorp WI | 1,781 | $53K | 9.8% | 3.5% | 22% | C− |
| 4,131 | Marrowbone Township IL | 1,562 | $48K | 9.3% | 2.4% | 5% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Abram, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
17% of Abram works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Mission (12%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Abram’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Abram: questions
What is the median household income in Abram?
$58,846 (±$42,946) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Abram?
34.3%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Abram?
21 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Abram work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are McAllen (21%, 10 mi), Mission (12%, 5 mi), Edinburg (11%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Abram walkable?
Abram is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Abram without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Abram, from the people who make the trip.
More of Abram
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.