Photo: Billy Hathorn at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0At 6.7%, unemployment in Eagle Pass is higher than in 80% of U.S. towns
Household incomes here are lower than in 78% of U.S. towns. The two grades for Eagle Pass are D for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 5% of workers, against 14% across Texas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Eagle Pass and work: the main findings
Eagle Pass’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Eagle Pass is San Antonio, 129 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (1,290) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
43% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Commutes from Eagle Pass are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas worker. Time on the road ↓
Fewer than half of Eagle Pass workers earn over $40,000 a year
42% of Eagle Pass’ working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 18% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Inside Eagle Pass’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Eagle Pass is better than 13% of U.S. towns, #567 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car holds Eagle Pass’ grade up (ahead of 39% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (22.0%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Eagle Pass could be anywhere from D to C.
Near or far: the trip to work from Eagle Pass
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.
Getting to work from Eagle Pass takes about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eagle Pass workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10,778 commuters (the 5% 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.
What work there is in Eagle Pass: 9,213 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eagle Pass, 2013 → 2023: 7,689 → 9,213. 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 Eagle Pass’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Eagle Pass, and who commutes in
On a workday 7,432 residents head out to work, 3,631 work right here, and 5,582 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 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.
12% of working residents work in San Antonio
Where Eagle Pass clocks in
12% 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.
Getting around Eagle Pass: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Eagle Pass is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns, #140 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.4% of 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 11,355 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). 8.1% of Eagle Pass households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Eagle Pass’ commuters take a bus or train.
U.S. towns of 20,000 to 39,000, and where Eagle Pass sits
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 4 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Colleyville TX | 25,727 | $218K | 2.5% | 3.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Corinth TX | 25,297 | $121K | 3.5% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,421 | Marshall TX | 24,467 | $55K | 22.4% | 8.1% | 32% | D |
| 1,422 | Muskegon MI | 37,224 | $45K | 24.9% | 9.4% | 22% | D |
| 1,423 | Eagle Pass TX | 28,926 | $57K | 22.0% | 6.7% | 33% | D |
| 1,424 | Leesburg FL | 38,905 | $53K | 16.4% | 10.5% | 16% | D |
| 1,425 | Richmond IN | 35,376 | $45K | 25.4% | 6.9% | 51% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 1,467 | Barstow CA | 24,804 | $53K | 23.1% | 11.9% | 17% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Eagle Pass, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
The towns next door employ 11% of Eagle Pass
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Eagle Pass workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Pass | – | D | B+ | 20 min | $57,207 |
| Eidson Road | 11% | D− | C− | 22 min | $33,839 |
| Seco Mines | under 1% | — | — | — | — |
| Fabrica | under 1% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Chula Vista | under 1% | C− | D | 19 min | $39,271 |
Same-state neighbors only. Seco Mines and Fabrica: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Eidson Road. Darker towns draw more of Eagle Pass’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 Eagle Pass: questions
What is the median household income in Eagle Pass?
$57,207 (±$7,634) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eagle Pass?
22.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eagle Pass?
20 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eagle Pass work?
33% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Antonio (12%, 129 mi), Eidson Road (11%, 2 mi), Rosita (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Eagle Pass walkable?
Eagle Pass is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Eagle Pass without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Eagle Pass, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eagle Pass
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. 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.