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Jobs & commute in El Indio

With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of El Indio works elsewhere

Hardly any stay in El Indio for work; outside it, Rosita is the main destination (32%, 11 miles). There are 21 jobs in El Indio, and 47 of its residents work somewhere.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who leaves El Indio for work, and who comes in

On a workday 47 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere.

47live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
21work here, live elsewhere
Job hub or commuter town?
0.45jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Commuting out of El Indio: the destinations

ReynoldsburgLa GrullaCotulla: 1 residents work here (2%)Giddings: 1 residents work here (2%)Uvalde: 1 residents work here (2%)Eagle Pass: 10 residents work here (21%)Kerrville: 2 residents work here (4%)Mount PleasantDel Rio: 1 residents work here (2%)HarlingenCorpus ChristiAustin: 1 residents work here (2%)San Antonio: 3 residents work here (6%)Midland: 1 residents work here (2%)Grand PrairieEl IndioChula VistaRosita: 15 residents work here (32%)RositaEagle PassSan AntonioKerrvilleCotullaGiddingsEl Indio
1
Rosita11 mi away
32%15
2
Eagle Pass16.8 mi away
21%10
3
San Antonio126.3 mi away
6%3
4
Kerrville127.2 mi away
4%2
5
Cotulla65.1 mi away
2%1
6
Giddings234.1 mi away
2%1
7
Uvalde58.4 mi away
2%1
8
Del Rio69.1 mi away
2%1
9
Austin197.2 mi away
2%1
10
Midland265.8 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
23%11
The top trips

Where El Indio clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Making and building: 86% of jobs based in El Indio

Jobs based in El IndioJobs El Indio residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms86%11%
Trade, transport & utilities14%15%
Services: health, schools, offices0%74%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less5%19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month38%47%
Over $3,333 a month57%34%

Who does it

29 or younger10%28%
30 to 5443%43%
55 and older48%30%
−67%

Jobs based in El Indio, 2013 → 2023: 64 → 21. 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 El Indio’s own residents hold wherever they work.

How far

Miles to work from El Indio

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miRosita: 32% · 11 miEagle Pass: 21% · 16.8 miSan Antonio: 6% · 126.3 miKerrville: 4% · 127.2 miCotulla: 2% · 65.1 miGiddings: 2% · 234.1 miUvalde: 2% · 58.4 miDel Rio: 2% · 69.1 miAustin: 2% · 197.2 miMidland: 2% · 265.8 miRosita 32%Eagle Pass 21%San Antonio 6%Kerrville 4%Cotulla 2%El Indio
El IndioTop destinations (size = commuters)
2%Under 10 mi1 residents
57%10–24 mi27 residents
2%25–50 mi1 residents
38%Over 50 mi18 residents

About 38% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in El Indio: questions

Where do people who live in El Indio work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rosita (32%, 11 mi), Eagle Pass (21%, 17 mi), San Antonio (6%, 126 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Commuter talk

Getting to work from El Indio, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of El Indio

El Indio home →

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.