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Jobs & commute in Falcon Heights

Jobs and earnings in Falcon Heights, and the trip to work

Employers in Falcon Heights report 8 jobs, and 8 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Falcon Heights itself; outside it, Roma draws the most (25%, 13 miles).

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

Day and night

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.

8live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
8work here, live elsewhere
Job hub or commuter town?
1.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).

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 the trip to work from Falcon Heights ends

Roma: 2 residents work here (25%)AltonPalmviewDonnaRio Grande CityMercedesWeslaco: 1 residents work here (13%)MissionVictoria: 1 residents work here (13%)San Antonio: 1 residents work here (13%)Laredo: 1 residents work here (13%)BrownsvilleFalcon HeightsLago VistaCitrus CityRomaWeslacoVictoriaSan AntonioLaredoFalcon Heights
1
Roma12.7 mi away
25%2
2
Weslaco75.5 mi away
13%1
3
Victoria204.1 mi away
13%1
4
San Antonio203.8 mi away
13%1
5
Laredo72.7 mi away
13%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
25%2
The top trips

Where Falcon Heights 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

Services make up most of the work in Falcon Heights

Jobs based in Falcon HeightsJobs Falcon Heights residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%0%
Trade, transport & utilities0%25%
Services: health, schools, offices100%75%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less13%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month13%38%
Over $3,333 a month75%50%

Who does it

29 or younger0%38%
30 to 5475%50%
55 and older25%13%
−73%

Jobs based in Falcon Heights, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 8. 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 Falcon Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.

How far

How far Falcon Heights goes to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miRoma: 25% · 12.7 miWeslaco: 13% · 75.5 miVictoria: 13% · 204.1 miSan Antonio: 13% · 203.8 miLaredo: 13% · 72.7 miRoma 25%Victoria 13%San Antonio 13%Laredo 13%Falcon Heights
Falcon HeightsTop destinations (size = commuters)
0%Under 10 mi0 residents
50%10–24 mi4 residents
0%25–50 mi0 residents
50%Over 50 mi4 residents

About 50% 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.

Next door

Next door to Falcon Heights

Lago Vista: few work hereLago VistaFalcon Heights
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Jobs & commute next door

TownFalcon Heights workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Falcon Heights–————
Lago Vistaunder 13%————

Same-state neighbors only. Lago Vista: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Falcon Heights’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

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 Falcon Heights: questions

Where do people who live in Falcon Heights work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Roma (25%, 13 mi), Weslaco (13%, 76 mi), Victoria (13%, 204 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Falcon Heights, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Falcon Heights

Falcon Heights 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.