Household incomes in Eidson Road trail those of 98% of U.S. towns
Only 7% stay in Eidson Road for work; outside it, Eagle Pass is the main destination (30%, 2 miles). 24.6% of residents live below the poverty line, against 13.8% across Texas. Eidson Road grades D− for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Eidson Road at work: what stands out
Eidson Road and Eagle Pass trade workers both ways
Eagle Pass is the top workplace for Eidson Road residents (30%) and also where the most people who work in Eidson Road come from (58% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Eidson Road than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Eidson Road fell from 4,007 in 2013 to 2,117 in 2023, −47%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Nearly all the work in Eidson Road is services
96% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 2% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Fewer than half of Eidson Road workers earn over $40,000 a year
35% of Eidson Road’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 21% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
46% 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 ↓
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.
What’s behind Eidson Road’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Eidson Road is better than 4% of U.S. towns, #627 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car holds Eidson Road’s grade up (ahead of 36% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (14.5%, U.S. 5.2%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Eidson Road could be anywhere from D− to D.
Where people from Eidson Road work
Where Eidson Road clocks in
30% of workers
10% 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.
Most jobs in Eidson Road are in services
2,117 jobs are based in Eidson Road.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eidson Road, 2013 → 2023: 4,007 → 2,117. 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 Eidson Road’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Eidson Road works
About 46% 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.
Eidson Road by day and by night
On a workday 3,020 residents head out to work, 224 work right here, and 1,893 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,600 people are in Eidson Road on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.65 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
The daily trip from Eidson Road: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eidson Road workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,572 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.
Getting around Eidson Road: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Eidson Road is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns, #508 of 642 in Texas. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.0% across Texas, on an EPA index of 5.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,808 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). 7.9% of Eidson Road households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Eidson Road’s commuters take a bus or train.
Eidson Road and other U.S. towns of 6,800 to 13,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Hickory Creek TX | 6,875 | $149K | 2.6% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Alamo Heights TX | 7,632 | $183K | 2.5% | 2.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Oak Point TX | 6,909 | $126K | 1.5% | 1.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,747 | Leitchfield KY | 7,015 | $44K | 24.3% | 10.2% | 36% | D− |
| 2,748 | Bennettsville SC | 7,565 | $37K | 28.4% | 12.5% | 22% | D− |
| 2,749 | Eidson Road TX | 9,684 | $34K | 24.6% | 14.5% | 7% | D− |
| 2,750 | Bastrop LA | 8,908 | $33K | 40.1% | 15.1% | 27% | D− |
| 2,751 | Rockingham NC | 8,815 | $37K | 30.6% | 11.3% | 20% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,780 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Eidson Road, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Work next door: 37% of Eidson Road’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Eidson Road workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eidson Road | – | D− | C− | 22 min | $33,839 |
| Eagle Pass | 30% | D | B+ | 20 min | $57,207 |
| Rosita | 7% | D | C− | 33 min | $37,407 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Eagle Pass. Darker towns draw more of Eidson Road’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 Eidson Road: questions
What is the median household income in Eidson Road?
$33,839 (±$11,952) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eidson Road?
24.6%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eidson Road?
22 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eidson Road work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Eagle Pass (30%, 2 mi), San Antonio (10%, 130 mi), Rosita (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Eidson Road walkable?
Eidson Road is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Eidson Road 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 Eidson Road, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eidson Road
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.