Escobares’ household incomes are among the lowest in the country
Jobs & income D−: near the bottom of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #638 of 642 in Texas.
Walkability C: more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns · #452 of 642 in Texas.
Working residents average 19 minutes each way (Texas 27, U.S. 26). Only 2% work in Escobares; the top destination outside it is Roma (19%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Escobares
Escobares and Roma trade workers both ways
Roma is the top workplace for Escobares residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Escobares come from (30% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 than half of Escobares workers earn over $40,000 a year
32% of Escobares’ working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 27% earn $1,250 a month or less. 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 695 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Escobares’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Escobares is near the bottom of U.S. towns, #638 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car holds Escobares’ grade up (ahead of 17% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (44.3%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Escobares could be anywhere from D− to D.
19% of working residents work in Roma
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Escobares clocks in
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Escobares commutes less than 47 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
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.
What the 176 jobs in Escobares are
176 jobs are based in Escobares. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Escobares’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Escobares, 2013 → 2023: 81 → 176. 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.
Escobares quiets down on a workday
On a workday 683 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 164 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Escobares on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.25 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.
About 19 minutes each way, quicker than most of Texas
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Escobares workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 809 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Most trips from Escobares start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Escobares is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns, #452 of 642 in Texas. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.0% across Texas, on an EPA index of 4.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 900 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). 6.3% of Escobares households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Escobares’ commuters take a bus or train.
How Escobares compares with U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Escobares, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Talty TX | 3,299 | $155K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Southside Place TX | 1,916 | $163K | 5.0% | 5.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,008 | Clayton NM | 2,510 | $35K | 20.5% | 9.4% | 47% | D− |
| 5,009 | Denmark SC | 3,059 | $27K | 35.1% | 20.4% | 10% | D− |
| 5,010 | Escobares TX | 2,585 | $30K | 44.3% | 10.5% | 2% | D− |
| 5,011 | Hamilton Township MI | 1,814 | $45K | 32.0% | 21.9% | <1% | D− |
| 5,012 | Clearlake Oaks CA | 2,198 | $36K | 21.4% | 18.0% | 6% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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.
19% of Escobares works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Roma (19%). Darker towns draw more of Escobares’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Escobares workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Escobares | – | D− | C | 19 min | $29,844 |
| Garceno | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| La Rosita | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Roma | 19% | D− | A− | 26 min | $24,579 |
| North Escobares | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Garceno, La Rosita and North Escobares: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Escobares: questions
What is the median household income in Escobares?
$29,844 (±$9,726) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Escobares?
44.3%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Escobares?
19 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Escobares work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Roma (19%, 3 mi), Rio Grande City (10%, 9 mi), McAllen (8%, 46 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Escobares walkable?
Escobares is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Escobares 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 Escobares, from the people who make the trip.
More of Escobares
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.