Amada Acres has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
0% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Amada Acres has 2 jobs for 22 working residents. Hardly any work in Amada Acres itself; outside it, Rio Grande City draws the most (36%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Amada Acres by day and by night
On a workday 22 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 32 people are in Amada Acres on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
Where the trip to work from Amada Acres ends
Where Amada Acres clocks in
14% 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.
Jobs in Amada Acres: what the 2 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Amada Acres’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Amada Acres
of Amada Acres workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 26 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.
How far it is to work from Amada Acres
About 27% 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.
How Amada Acres compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Amada Acres workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amada Acres | – | — | — | — | — |
| Chaparrito | under 5% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Chaparrito: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Amada Acres’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 Amada Acres: questions
What is the poverty rate in Amada Acres?
0.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Amada Acres work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rio Grande City (36%, 6 mi), McAllen (14%, 32 mi), Escobares (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Amada Acres without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Amada Acres, from the people who make the trip.
More of Amada Acres
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.