Cantu Addition has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Cantu Addition report 17 jobs; 67 of its residents have a job. Only 1% work in Cantu Addition itself; outside it, Falfurrias draws the most (30%, 2 miles). 100.0% of residents live below the poverty line, next to 13.8% for Texas as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Cantu Addition for work, and who comes in
On a workday 66 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Cantu Addition on a workday afternoon, 100% 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 the trip to work from Cantu Addition ends
Where Cantu Addition clocks in
30% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
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 Cantu Addition’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Cantu Addition
About 43% 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.
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 Cantu Addition: questions
What is the poverty rate in Cantu Addition?
100.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Cantu Addition work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Falfurrias (30%, 2 mi), Premont (7%, 11 mi), Alice (7%, 39 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cantu Addition, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cantu Addition
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.