César Chávez has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 8 jobs in César Chávez for 358 working residents. César Chávez grades C− for walkability. Home is the office for 0% of workers, against 14% across Texas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in César Chávez
César Chávez is a place people come home to
There are 8 jobs based in César Chávez, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday César Chávez has about 1,000 people in it, 26% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from César Chávez are quick
The average trip to work takes 12 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 115 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas worker. Time on the road ↓
29% of César Chávez works in Edinburg
105 working residents, 29%, have their main job in Edinburg, 2.6 miles away across the town line. That’s far more as work in César Chávez itself. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 358 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A workday in César Chávez: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 358 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in César Chávez on a workday afternoon, 26% 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 2024, primary jobs.
About 12 minutes each way for César Chávez’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of César Chávez workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 619 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.
29% of working residents work in Edinburg
Where César Chávez clocks in
29% of workers
20% of workers
8% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 63% of the jobs in César Chávez
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in César Chávez, 2014 → 2024: 21 → 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs César Chávez’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region César Chávez works
About 17% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
For most of César Chávez, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, César Chávez is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.0% across Texas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 619 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). 7.1% of César Chávez households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of César Chávez’s commuters take a bus or train.
Work next door: 29% of César Chávez’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | César Chávez workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| César Chávez | – | — | C− | 12 min | — |
| Edinburg | 29% | C | B− | 22 min | $59,466 |
| Murillo | under 2% | C | D | 21 min | $70,609 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Edinburg. Darker towns draw more of César Chávez’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 2024, 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 César Chávez: questions
What is the poverty rate in César Chávez?
20.4%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from César Chávez?
12 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in César Chávez work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Edinburg (29%, 3 mi), McAllen (20%, 10 mi), Pharr (8%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is César Chávez walkable?
César Chávez is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around César Chávez without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from César Chávez, from the people who make the trip.
More of César Chávez
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.