Where Flor del Rio earns its living
No jobs are based in Flor del Rio in the Census job records; 60 of its residents work elsewhere. At home: 0% of workers have no commute at all (Texas 14%). Hardly any work in Flor del Rio itself; outside it, Rio Grande City draws the most (18%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Flor del Rio by day and by night
On a workday 60 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 270 people are in Flor del Rio on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
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 2024, primary jobs.
The places Flor del Rio commutes to
Where Flor del Rio clocks in
7% 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.
Working from home in Flor del Rio
of Flor del Rio workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 148 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Flor del Rio
About 32% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Flor del Rio: questions
What is the poverty rate in Flor del Rio?
11.7%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Flor del Rio work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rio Grande City (18%, 5 mi), Roma (10%, 6 mi), Mission (7%, 38 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Flor del Rio without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 22% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Flor del Rio, from the people who make the trip.
More of Flor del Rio
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.