Bixby has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working residents average 20 minutes each way; Texas averages 27, the U.S. 26. Bixby has 13 jobs, and 94 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Bixby itself; outside it, Harlingen draws the most (27%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Bixby, and who commutes in
On a workday 94 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.
About 210 people are in Bixby on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
Out of Bixby to work: where people go
Where Bixby clocks in
27% of workers
9% of workers
7% 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.
The kinds of work in Bixby
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 Bixby’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Bixby takes about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bixby workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 98 commuters (the 16% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Bixby
About 22% 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.
Bixby and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to La Feria (5%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Bixby’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 Bixby: questions
What is the median household income in Bixby?
$86,447 (±$40,250) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bixby?
1.1%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bixby?
20 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bixby work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Harlingen (27%, 10 mi), Weslaco (9%, 8 mi), Brownsville (7%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bixby 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 Bixby, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bixby
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.