Work, pay and getting to work in Fronton
Home is the office for 41% of workers, where Texas as a whole has 14%. Hardly any stay in Fronton for work; outside it, Roma is the main destination (15%, 5 miles). No jobs are based in Fronton in the Census job records; 40 of its residents work elsewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Fronton, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 40 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 170 people are in Fronton on a workday afternoon, 20% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Fronton work
Where Fronton clocks in
10% 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 Fronton
of Fronton workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 19 commuters (the 41% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Fronton
About 63% 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.
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 Fronton: questions
What is the poverty rate in Fronton?
71.2%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Fronton work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Roma (15%, 5 mi), Rio Grande City (10%, 16 mi), McAllen (10%, 53 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Fronton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 23% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fronton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fronton
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.