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Jobs & commute in Fernando Salinas

Jobs and earnings in Fernando Salinas, and the trip to work

Hardly any stay in Fernando Salinas for work; outside it, Rio Grande City is the main destination (20%, 1 miles). No jobs are based in Fernando Salinas in the Census job records; 10 of its residents work elsewhere.

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

0 jobs based here
Work in town
0%
0 of 10 working residents
Day and night

Who leaves Fernando Salinas for work, and who comes in

On a workday 10 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

10live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
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 Fernando Salinas work

Giddings: 1 residents work here (10%)Rio Grande City: 2 residents work here (20%)Weslaco: 1 residents work here (10%)Harlingen: 1 residents work here (10%)Corpus Christi: 1 residents work here (10%)Edinburg: 2 residents work here (20%)McAllen: 2 residents work here (20%)Fernando SalinasRio Grande CityEdinburgMcAllenGiddingsWeslacoHarlingenFernando Salinas
1
Rio Grande City1.3 mi away
20%2
2
Edinburg42.3 mi away
20%2
3
McAllen38.2 mi away
20%2
4
Giddings286 mi away
10%1
5
Weslaco54.8 mi away
10%1
6
Harlingen71.7 mi away
10%1
7
Corpus Christi138.5 mi away
10%1
The top trips

Where Fernando Salinas clocks in

20%Rio Grande City
20% of workers
1.3 mi awayRio Grande City2 Fernando Salinas residents work here · Jobs & commute →
20% of workers
42.3 mi awayEdinburg2 Fernando Salinas residents work here · Jobs & commute →
20% of workers
38.2 mi awayMcAllen2 Fernando Salinas 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.

How far

Near or far: the trip to work from Fernando Salinas

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miRio Grande City: 20% · 1.3 miEdinburg: 20% · 42.3 miMcAllen: 20% · 38.2 miGiddings: 10% · 286 miWeslaco: 10% · 54.8 miHarlingen: 10% · 71.7 miCorpus Christi: 10% · 138.5 miRio Grande City 20%McAllen 20%Giddings 10%Weslaco 10%Fernando Salinas
Fernando SalinasTop destinations (size = commuters)
20%Under 10 mi2 residents
0%10–24 mi0 residents
40%25–50 mi4 residents
40%Over 50 mi4 residents

About 40% 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 Fernando Salinas: questions

Where do people who live in Fernando Salinas work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rio Grande City (20%, 1 mi), Edinburg (20%, 42 mi), McAllen (20%, 38 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Fernando Salinas, from the people who make the trip.

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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.