Texas Company Building · Photo: Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY 4.0Work means Del Rio for more than half of Box Canyon’s working residents
0% of workers have no commute at all; Texas has 14%. Hardly any work in Box Canyon itself; outside it, Del Rio draws the most (60%, 20 miles). The Census job records count 10 working residents of Box Canyon and no jobs based in it.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Box Canyon for work, and who comes in
On a workday 10 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9 people are in Box Canyon on a workday afternoon, 53% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Box Canyon: the destinations
Where Box Canyon clocks in
60% of workers
10% of workers
10% 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.
Working from home in Box Canyon
of Box Canyon workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2 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 Box Canyon’s workers travel
About 40% 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.
Box Canyon and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Box Canyon workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Box Canyon | – | — | — | — | — |
| Amistad | under 10% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Amistad: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Box Canyon’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 Box Canyon: questions
What is the poverty rate in Box Canyon?
10.5%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Box Canyon work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Box Canyon 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 Box Canyon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Box Canyon
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.