Most of Bluetown commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Bluetown itself; outside it, Harlingen draws the most (15%, 11 miles). 28 jobs are based in Bluetown; 134 of its residents have a job. Home is the office for 15% of workers; Texas has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Bluetown by day
On a workday 133 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere.
About 170 people are in Bluetown on a workday afternoon, 39% 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 Bluetown’s working residents head each day
Where Bluetown clocks in
15% of workers
12% 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.
A place that makes things: 71% of Bluetown’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bluetown, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 28. 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 Bluetown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Bluetown
of Bluetown workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 77 commuters (the 15% 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.
Half of Bluetown commutes less than 23 miles
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.
Bluetown and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to La Feria (3%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Bluetown’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 Bluetown: questions
What is the poverty rate in Bluetown?
62.7%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Bluetown work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Harlingen (15%, 11 mi), Brownsville (12%, 22 mi), Weslaco (7%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bluetown 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 Bluetown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bluetown
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.