Household incomes in La Homa are lower than in 97% of U.S. towns
The two grades for La Homa are D for jobs and income and C− for walkability. 37.4% of residents live below the poverty line, next to 13.8% for Texas as a whole. 2% of workers work from home, where Texas as a whole has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where La Homa stands out on work
Fewer jobs are based in La Homa than ten years ago
Jobs counted in La Homa fell from 1,048 in 2014 to 436 in 2024, −58%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
La Homa is a place people come home to
There are 436 jobs based in La Homa, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday La Homa has about 8,400 people in it, 25% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer than half of La Homa workers earn over $40,000 a year
40% of La Homa’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 19% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside La Homa
40% of La Homa residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 19% of the jobs based in La Homa pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Few La Homa workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in La Homa
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, La Homa is better than 10% of U.S. towns, #594 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car holds La Homa’s grade up (ahead of 73% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, La Homa stays D.
What the 436 jobs in La Homa are
436 jobs are based in La Homa.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in La Homa, 2014 → 2024: 1,048 → 436. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs La Homa’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through La Homa
On a workday 3,251 residents head out to work, 52 work right here, and 384 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,400 people are in La Homa on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.
0.13 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.
Getting to work from La Homa takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of La Homa workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,434 commuters (the 2% 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.
21% of working residents work in McAllen
Where La Homa clocks in
21% of workers
14% of workers
9% 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.
Miles to work from La Homa
About 26% 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.
In La Homa, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, La Homa is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns, #523 of 642 in Texas. Both inputs place La Homa near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,522 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.8% of La Homa households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of La Homa’s commuters take a bus or train.
La Homa next to U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Lucas TX | 8,896 | $221K | 1.3% | 2.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Lantana TX | 12,766 | $199K | 0.6% | 2.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,367 | Muskegon Heights MI | 9,770 | $35K | 34.1% | 14.7% | 4% | D |
| 2,368 | Georgetown SC | 8,869 | $57K | 21.9% | 9.4% | 25% | D |
| 2,369 | La Homa TX | 11,285 | $37K | 37.4% | 13.8% | 2% | D |
| 2,370 | Grass Valley CA | 14,035 | $52K | 22.1% | 7.4% | 30% | D |
| 2,371 | Thomaston GA | 9,852 | $39K | 28.1% | 4.5% | 22% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 19% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of La Homa, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
16% of La Homa works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Mission. Darker towns draw more of La Homa’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 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 La Homa: questions
What is the median household income in La Homa?
$36,895 (±$9,226) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in La Homa?
37.4%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from La Homa?
24 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in La Homa work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are McAllen (21%, 8 mi), Mission (14%, 6 mi), Edinburg (9%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is La Homa walkable?
La Homa is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around La Homa without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from La Homa, from the people who make the trip.
More of La Homa
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.