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Jobs & commute in Campo Verde

Where Campo Verde earns its living

22 jobs are based in Campo Verde, against 20 working residents. Home is the office for 0% of workers (Texas 14%). Hardly any work in Campo Verde; the top destination outside it is Rio Grande City (20%, 6 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How a workday changes Campo Verde

On a workday 20 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.

20live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
22work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night43
Workday45
43live here− 20head out to work+ 22come in to work= 45on a workday

About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.

Job hub or commuter town?
1.10jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where people from Campo Verde work

New Philadelphia: 1 residents work here (5%)EscobaresRoma: 2 residents work here (10%)PearsallPalmview: 1 residents work here (5%)PenitasRio Grande City: 4 residents work here (20%)Weslaco: 1 residents work here (5%)Mission: 1 residents work here (5%)San AntonioGrand Prairie: 1 residents work here (5%)Edinburg: 1 residents work here (5%)Laredo: 2 residents work here (10%)McAllen: 3 residents work here (15%)BrownsvilleSantelCampo VerdeLos BarrerasRio Grande CityMcAllenRomaLaredoNew PhiladelphiaPalmviewCampo Verde
1
Rio Grande City5.8 mi away
20%4
2
McAllen42.9 mi away
15%3
3
Roma5.6 mi away
10%2
4
Laredo88.2 mi away
10%2
5
New Philadelphia, OH1396.1 mi away
5%1
6
Palmview34.8 mi away
5%1
7
Weslaco59.6 mi away
5%1
8
Mission38.7 mi away
5%1
9
Grand Prairie449 mi away
5%1
10
Edinburg47.4 mi away
5%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
15%3
The top trips

Where Campo Verde clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

What Campo Verde’s employers do

Jobs based in Campo VerdeJobs Campo Verde residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%5%
Trade, transport & utilities55%20%
Services: health, schools, offices45%75%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less27%20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month55%40%
Over $3,333 a month18%40%

Who does it

29 or younger41%15%
30 to 5436%60%
55 and older23%25%
+340%

Jobs based in Campo Verde, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 22. 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 Campo Verde’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Campo Verde

Working from home
0%

of Campo Verde workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Campo Verde gets to work
26%Drive alone
74%Carpool

Share of the 43 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

Short hops and long hauls from Campo Verde

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miRio Grande City: 20% · 5.8 miMcAllen: 15% · 42.9 miRoma: 10% · 5.6 miLaredo: 10% · 88.2 miNew Philadelphia: 5% · 1396.1 miPalmview: 5% · 34.8 miWeslaco: 5% · 59.6 miMission: 5% · 38.7 miGrand Prairie: 5% · 449 miEdinburg: 5% · 47.4 miRio Grande City 20%McAllen 15%Roma 10%Laredo 10%New Philadelphia 5%Campo Verde
Campo VerdeTop destinations (size = commuters)
30%Under 10 mi6 residents
5%10–24 mi1 residents
30%25–50 mi6 residents
35%Over 50 mi7 residents

About 35% 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.

Next door

Campo Verde and its neighbors

Los Barreras: few work hereLos BarrerasCampo Verde
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Jobs & commute next door

TownCampo Verde workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Campo Verde–————
Los Barrerasunder 5%————

Same-state neighbors only. Los Barreras: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Campo Verde’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Campo Verde: questions

What is the poverty rate in Campo Verde?

0.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Campo Verde work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rio Grande City (20%, 6 mi), McAllen (15%, 43 mi), Roma (10%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Campo Verde 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 Campo Verde, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Campo Verde

Campo Verde home →

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.