How Iago works: jobs, income and commuting
56 jobs are based in Iago for 68 working residents. Hardly any work in Iago itself; outside it, Wharton draws the most (15%, 9 miles). Home is the office for 17% of workers (Texas 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Iago on a workday
On a workday 68 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere.
About 37 people are in Iago on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Iago: the destinations
Where Iago clocks in
15% 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.
Most jobs in Iago are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Iago’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Iago
of Iago workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 25 commuters (the 17% 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 Iago
About 24% 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.
Iago and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Boling (4%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Iago workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iago | – | — | — | — | — |
| Boling | 4% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Boling: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Iago’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 Iago: questions
What is the poverty rate in Iago?
0.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Iago work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wharton (15%, 9 mi), Sugar Land (6%, 30 mi), Houston (6%, 50 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Iago without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Iago, from the people who make the trip.
More of Iago
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.