Edcouch ranks among the lowest-earning U.S. towns by household income
Household incomes here are among the lowest in the country. 38.3% of residents are in poverty (Texas 13.8%). Jobs and income earn Edcouch D; getting around on foot earns it D.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Edcouch: the figures worth knowing
Edcouch is where the jobs are
Edcouch has 968 jobs, 1.7 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Fewer than half of Edcouch workers earn over $40,000 a year
36% of Edcouch’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 23% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Edcouch are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 583 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Edcouch: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Edcouch is better than 9% of U.S. towns, #603 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car holds Edcouch’s grade up (ahead of 71% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($21,843, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Edcouch could be anywhere from D to C−.
Edcouch by day and by night
On a workday 526 residents head out to work, 57 work right here, and 911 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,000 people are in Edcouch on a workday afternoon, 15% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
968 jobs are based in Edcouch.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Edcouch, 2013 → 2023: 1,279 → 968. 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 Edcouch’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 21 minutes from Edcouch
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Edcouch workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 766 commuters (the 8% 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.
Where Edcouch’s workforce comes from
Where Edcouch clocks in
13% of workers
9% 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.
How many miles Edcouch commutes
About 28% 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.
Edcouch is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Edcouch is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns, #583 of 642 in Texas. 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 834 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). 20.8% of Edcouch households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Edcouch’s commuters take a bus or train.
4,287th of 4,797: where Edcouch ranks among U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Talty TX | 3,299 | $155K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Southside Place TX | 1,916 | $163K | 5.0% | 5.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,285 | Casey IL | 2,374 | $48K | 12.9% | 9.3% | 23% | D |
| 4,286 | Bad Axe MI | 2,943 | $45K | 20.2% | 5.6% | 25% | D |
| 4,287 | Edcouch TX | 2,650 | $22K | 38.3% | 14.7% | 10% | D |
| 4,288 | Munising Township MI | 2,759 | $62K | 15.9% | 7.0% | 13% | D |
| 4,289 | Bayou La Batre AL | 2,068 | $38K | 29.7% | 2.6% | 10% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,797 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Edcouch, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
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 Edcouch: questions
What is the median household income in Edcouch?
$21,843 (±$19,582) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Edcouch?
38.3%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Edcouch?
21 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Edcouch work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Edinburg (13%, 12 mi), McAllen (9%, 18 mi), Weslaco (7%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Edcouch walkable?
Edcouch is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Edcouch without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 21% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Edcouch, from the people who make the trip.
More of Edcouch
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.