Granjeno has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Granjeno has 11 jobs for 124 working residents. Working residents average 20 minutes each way (Texas 27, U.S. 26). For 7% of workers, the job is at home; Texas has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Granjeno, and who commutes in
On a workday 124 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.
About 170 people are in Granjeno on a workday afternoon, 40% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
26% of working residents work in McAllen
Where Granjeno clocks in
26% of workers
23% of workers
6% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Granjeno
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Granjeno, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 11. 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 Granjeno’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 20 minutes each way, quicker than most of Texas
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Granjeno workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 147 commuters (the 7% 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.
Miles to work from Granjeno
About 15% 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.
Bordering towns draw 26% of Granjeno’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to McAllen. Darker towns draw more of Granjeno’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Granjeno: questions
What is the poverty rate in Granjeno?
27.3%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Granjeno?
20 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Granjeno work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are McAllen (26%, 7 mi), Pharr (23%, 7 mi), Mission (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Granjeno without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Granjeno, from the people who make the trip.
More of Granjeno
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.