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Jobs & commute in Hilltop

Work, pay and getting to work in Hilltop

Hilltop has 41 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there. Hardly any work in Hilltop itself; outside it, Roma draws the most (15%, 5 miles).

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 41 working residents
Day and night

The daily flow of workers through Hilltop

On a workday 41 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

41live 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

The places Hilltop commutes to

Falfurrias: 1 residents work here (2%)La Joya: 1 residents work here (2%)Addison: 1 residents work here (2%)Selma: 1 residents work here (2%)Roma: 6 residents work here (15%)Palmview: 1 residents work here (2%)Rio Grande City: 5 residents work here (12%)New Braunfels: 2 residents work here (5%)Corpus Christi: 2 residents work here (5%)McAllen: 2 residents work here (5%)HilltopRomaRio Grande CityNew BraunfelsCorpus ChristiMcAllenFalfurriasHilltop
1
Roma5.1 mi away
15%6
2
Rio Grande City6.3 mi away
12%5
3
New Braunfels232.9 mi away
5%2
4
Corpus Christi142.3 mi away
5%2
5
McAllen43.6 mi away
5%2
6
Falfurrias74.2 mi away
2%1
7
La Joya29.4 mi away
2%1
8
Addison470.2 mi away
2%1
9
Selma223 mi away
2%1
10
Palmview35.4 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
46%19
The top trips

Where Hilltop clocks in

15%Roma
15% of workers
5.1 mi awayRoma6 Hilltop residents work here · Jobs & commute →
12%Rio Grande City
12% of workers
6.3 mi awayRio Grande City5 Hilltop residents work here · Jobs & commute →
5% of workers
232.9 mi awayNew Braunfels2 Hilltop 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

Where in the region Hilltop works

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miRoma: 15% · 5.1 miRio Grande City: 12% · 6.3 miNew Braunfels: 5% · 232.9 miCorpus Christi: 5% · 142.3 miMcAllen: 5% · 43.6 miFalfurrias: 2% · 74.2 miLa Joya: 2% · 29.4 miAddison: 2% · 470.2 miSelma: 2% · 223 miPalmview: 2% · 35.4 miRoma 15%Rio Grande City 12%New Braunfels 5%Corpus Christi 5%McAllen 5%Hilltop
HilltopTop destinations (size = commuters)
34%Under 10 mi14 residents
5%10–24 mi2 residents
17%25–50 mi7 residents
44%Over 50 mi18 residents

About 44% 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 Hilltop: questions

Where do people who live in Hilltop work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Roma (15%, 5 mi), Rio Grande City (12%, 6 mi), New Braunfels (5%, 233 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Hilltop, 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.