Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Eldorado are lower than in 60% of U.S. towns
Eldorado grades C− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Poverty touches 13.5% of residents (Texas 13.8%). For 2% of workers, the job is at home (Texas 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Eldorado at work: what stands out
Eldorado’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Eldorado is San Angelo, 41 miles away as the crow flies. 18% of working residents (116) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
41% 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 ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Eldorado than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Eldorado fell from 742 in 2013 to 452 in 2023, −39%. 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 ↓
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; with 660 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Eldorado’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Eldorado is better than 16% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Eldorado’s grade up ($68,882, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 3% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (4.0%) is left out: Eldorado’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Eldorado could be anywhere from D− to C+.
Miles to work from Eldorado
About 41% 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 Eldorado’s employers do
452 jobs are based in Eldorado.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eldorado, 2013 → 2023: 742 → 452. 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 Eldorado’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Eldorado on a workday afternoon
On a workday 501 residents head out to work, 159 work right here, and 293 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Eldorado on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.68 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.
18% of working residents work in San Angelo
Where Eldorado clocks in
3% of workers
3% 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.
Commuting from Eldorado: about 28 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eldorado workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 674 commuters (the 2% 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 Eldorado: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Eldorado is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Eldorado near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 690 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). 5.8% of Eldorado households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Eldorado’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Eldorado is 4,713th of 6,308 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Rollingwood TX | 1,466 | $240K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| 34 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,711 | New Franklin MO | 1,026 | $55K | 16.0% | 2.5% | 5% | C− |
| 4,712 | Luttrell TN | 1,118 | $42K | 22.0% | 1.6% | 1% | C− |
| 4,713 | Eldorado TX | 1,457 | $69K | 13.5% | 4.0% | 24% | C− |
| 4,714 | Canaan Township OH | 1,599 | $58K | 14.7% | 3.4% | 4% | C− |
| 4,715 | Ocklawaha FL | 1,586 | $38K | 13.3% | 13.5% | 1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Eldorado, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
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 Eldorado: questions
What is the median household income in Eldorado?
$68,882 (±$16,980) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eldorado?
13.5%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eldorado?
28 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eldorado work?
24% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Angelo (18%, 41 mi), Sonora (3%, 20 mi), Midland (3%, 120 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Eldorado walkable?
Eldorado is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Eldorado without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Eldorado, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eldorado
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.