Most of Delmita commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any stay in Delmita for work; outside it, Rio Grande City is the main destination (18%, 32 miles). Employers in Delmita report 2 jobs for 83 working residents. Home is the office for 0% of workers (Texas 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Delmita, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 83 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 100 people are in Delmita on a workday afternoon, 44% 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 Delmita’s working residents head each day
Where Delmita clocks in
8% 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.
Jobs in Delmita: what the 2 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Delmita, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 2. 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 Delmita’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Delmita: about 14 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Delmita workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 46 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.
Half of Delmita commutes less than 35 miles
About 37% 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.
Work in the towns next to Delmita
The biggest share goes to San Isidro (5%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Delmita workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delmita | – | — | — | 14 min | $28,571 |
| San Isidro | 5% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. San Isidro: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Delmita’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 Delmita: questions
What is the median household income in Delmita?
$28,571 (±$2,796) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Delmita?
72.1%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Delmita?
14 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Delmita work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rio Grande City (18%, 32 mi), Edinburg (8%, 30 mi), Corpus Christi (7%, 106 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Delmita without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 30% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Delmita, from the people who make the trip.
More of Delmita
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.