Earning a living in El Castillo
0% of workers work from home; Texas has 14%. Hardly any work in El Castillo; the top destination outside it is Rio Grande City (21%, 12 miles). The Census job records count 73 working residents of El Castillo and no jobs based in it.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of El Castillo on a workday
On a workday 73 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 490 people are in El Castillo on a workday afternoon, 13% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where El Castillo’s working residents head each day
Where El Castillo clocks in
8% 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 Castillo
of El Castillo workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 178 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 Castillo
About 26% 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.
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 El Castillo: questions
What is the poverty rate in El Castillo?
61.8%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in El Castillo work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rio Grande City (21%, 12 mi), Mission (8%, 21 mi), La Joya (5%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around El Castillo 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 Castillo, from the people who make the trip.
More of El Castillo
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.