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Jobs & commute in El Quiote

Jobs, income and commuting in El Quiote, TX

0% of workers have no commute at all, against 14% across Texas. Hardly any stay in El Quiote for work; outside it, Rio Grande City is the main destination (15%, 5 miles). The Census job records count 59 working residents of El Quiote and no jobs based in it.

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

0 jobs based here
Poverty
100.0%
Texas 13.8%
Unemployment
0.0%
Texas 5.3% · U.S. 5.2%
Work in town
0%
0 of 59 working residents
Work from home
0%
Texas 14% · U.S. 15%
Day and night

Who leaves El Quiote for work, and who comes in

On a workday 59 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

59live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night51
Workday0
51live here− 59head out to work+ 0come in to work= 0on a workday

About 0 people are in El Quiote on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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.

The commute map

Where people from El Quiote work

Roma: 8 residents work here (14%)Palmview: 2 residents work here (3%)Rio Grande City: 9 residents work here (15%)Weslaco: 3 residents work here (5%)Mission: 5 residents work here (8%)Corpus Christi: 3 residents work here (5%)Edinburg: 3 residents work here (5%)Laredo: 3 residents work here (5%)McAllen: 2 residents work here (3%)Brownsville: 3 residents work here (5%)El QuioteRio Grande CityRomaMissionWeslacoCorpus ChristiEdinburgEl Quiote
1
Rio Grande City5.4 mi away
15%9
2
Roma6.1 mi away
14%8
3
Mission38.2 mi away
8%5
4
Weslaco59.1 mi away
5%3
5
Corpus Christi142.7 mi away
5%3
6
Edinburg47 mi away
5%3
7
Laredo88.8 mi away
5%3
8
Brownsville92.6 mi away
5%3
9
Palmview34.3 mi away
3%2
10
McAllen42.5 mi away
3%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
31%18
The top trips

Where El Quiote clocks in

15%Rio Grande City
15% of workers
5.4 mi awayRio Grande City9 El Quiote residents work here · Jobs & commute →
14%Roma
14% of workers
6.1 mi awayRoma8 El Quiote residents work here · Jobs & commute →
8% of workers
38.2 mi awayMission5 El Quiote residents work here · Jobs & commute →

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.

Time on the road

Working from home in El Quiote

Working from home
0%

of El Quiote workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How El Quiote gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 31 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.

How far

Miles to work from El Quiote

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miRio Grande City: 15% · 5.4 miRoma: 14% · 6.1 miMission: 8% · 38.2 miWeslaco: 5% · 59.1 miCorpus Christi: 5% · 142.7 miEdinburg: 5% · 47 miLaredo: 5% · 88.8 miBrownsville: 5% · 92.6 miPalmview: 3% · 34.3 miMcAllen: 3% · 42.5 miRio Grande City 15%Roma 14%Mission 8%Corpus Christi 5%El Quiote
El QuioteTop destinations (size = commuters)
37%Under 10 mi22 residents
2%10–24 mi1 residents
24%25–50 mi14 residents
37%Over 50 mi22 residents

About 37% 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 Quiote: questions

What is the poverty rate in El Quiote?

100.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in El Quiote work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rio Grande City (15%, 5 mi), Roma (14%, 6 mi), Mission (8%, 38 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around El Quiote 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 Quiote, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

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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.