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Jobs & commute in Falcon Mesa

With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Falcon Mesa works elsewhere

1 jobs are based in Falcon Mesa; 151 of its residents have a job. The trip to work takes 34 minutes on average (Texas 27, U.S. 26). Home is the office for 0% of workers, next to 14% for Texas as a whole.

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

1 jobs based here
Household income
$63K
median · Texas $78K
Poverty
9.9%
Texas 13.8%
Unemployment
52.9%
Texas 5.3% · U.S. 5.2%
Time each way
34 min
Texas 27 · U.S. 26
Work in town
0%
0 of 151 working residents
Work from home
0%
Texas 14% · U.S. 15%
Day and night

In and out of Falcon Mesa on a workday

On a workday 151 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.

151live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
1work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night430
Workday280
430live here− 150head out to work+ 1come in to work= 280on a workday

About 280 people are in Falcon Mesa on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.01jobs 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

19% of working residents work in Laredo

Rio Grande City: 3 residents work here (2%)Pharr: 5 residents work here (3%)Mission: 3 residents work here (2%)Corpus Christi: 5 residents work here (3%)San Antonio: 6 residents work here (4%)Houston: 5 residents work here (3%)Laredo: 29 residents work here (19%)McAllen: 11 residents work here (7%)Falcon Lake Estates: 5 residents work here (3%)Siesta ShoresFalcon MesaZapata: 24 residents work here (16%)LaredoZapataMcAllenSan AntonioPharrCorpus ChristiFalcon Mesa
1
Laredo49.2 mi away
19%29
2
Zapata2.8 mi away
16%24
3
McAllen78.5 mi away
7%11
4
San Antonio185.1 mi away
4%6
5
Pharr83.6 mi away
3%5
6
Corpus Christi143.6 mi away
3%5
7
Houston311.2 mi away
3%5
8
Falcon Lake Estates2 mi away
3%5
9
Rio Grande City44.6 mi away
2%3
10
Mission75.4 mi away
2%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
36%55
The top trips

Where Falcon Mesa clocks in

19% of workers
49.2 mi awayLaredo29 Falcon Mesa residents work here · Jobs & commute →
16% of workers
2.8 mi awayZapata24 Falcon Mesa residents work here · Jobs & commute →
7% of workers
78.5 mi awayMcAllen11 Falcon Mesa 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.

The jobs

Goods jobs make up 100% of work in Falcon Mesa

Jobs based in Falcon MesaJobs Falcon Mesa residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%16%
Trade, transport & utilities0%21%
Services: health, schools, offices0%63%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%42%
Over $3,333 a month100%40%

Who does it

29 or younger0%23%
30 to 540%58%
55 and older100%19%
−98%

Jobs based in Falcon Mesa, 2013 → 2023: 55 → 1. 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 Mesa’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Commuting from Falcon Mesa: about 34 minutes a trip

A year of commuting
258 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Falcon Mesa34 min
Texas27 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Falcon Mesa gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 81 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

Close to home or a long way: work trips from Falcon Mesa

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miLaredo: 19% · 49.2 miZapata: 16% · 2.8 miMcAllen: 7% · 78.5 miSan Antonio: 4% · 185.1 miPharr: 3% · 83.6 miCorpus Christi: 3% · 143.6 miHouston: 3% · 311.2 miFalcon Lake Estates: 3% · 2 miRio Grande City: 2% · 44.6 miMission: 2% · 75.4 miLaredo 19%Zapata 16%McAllen 7%San Antonio 4%Pharr 3%Falcon Mesa
Falcon MesaTop destinations (size = commuters)
23%Under 10 mi34 residents
1%10–24 mi1 residents
20%25–50 mi30 residents
57%Over 50 mi85 residents

About 57% 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

19% of Falcon Mesa works in a bordering town

The biggest share goes to Zapata (16%).

Zapata: 16% of workers work hereSiesta Shores: few work hereFalcon Lake Estates: 3% of workers work hereZapataSiesta ShoresFalcon Lake EstatesFalcon Mesa
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Zapata23 min
Siesta Shores28 min
Falcon Lake Estates29 min
Falcon Mesa34 min
Zapata16% of Falcon Mesa works hereSiesta Shoresunder 2% of Falcon MesaFalcon Lake Estates3% of Falcon Mesa works here

Jobs & commute next door

TownFalcon Mesa workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Falcon Mesa–——34 min$62,589
Zapata16%DB23 min$45,488
Siesta Shoresunder 2%D−C+28 min$35,352
Falcon Lake Estates3%DD−29 min$65,909

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Falcon Mesa’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 Mesa: questions

What is the median household income in Falcon Mesa?

$62,589 (±$58,059) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Falcon Mesa?

9.9%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Falcon Mesa?

34 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Falcon Mesa work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Laredo (19%, 49 mi), Zapata (16%, 3 mi), McAllen (7%, 78 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Falcon Mesa 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 Falcon Mesa, 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.