Work, pay and getting to work in El Brazil
No jobs are based in El Brazil in the Census job records; 23 of its residents work elsewhere. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; Texas has 14%. Hardly any stay in El Brazil for work; outside it, McAllen is the main destination (17%, 34 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
El Brazil on a workday afternoon
On a workday 23 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 71 people are in El Brazil on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
0.00 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where El Brazil’s working residents head each day
Where El Brazil clocks in
17% of workers
9% of workers
9% 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.
Working from home in El Brazil
of El Brazil workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 30 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.
Short hops and long hauls from El Brazil
About 52% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 El Brazil: questions
What is the median household income in El Brazil?
$38,690 (±$953) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in El Brazil?
0.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in El Brazil work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are McAllen (17%, 34 mi), Corpus Christi (9%, 130 mi), Edinburg (9%, 37 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around El Brazil without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from El Brazil, from the people who make the trip.
More of El Brazil
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.