Few U.S. towns have household incomes as low as La Villa’s
For jobs and income La Villa is better than 16% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is near the bottom of U.S. towns (D−). Measured by household income, La Villa is among the lowest-earning towns in the country. 25.7% of residents are in poverty, against 13.8% across Texas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in La Villa
The jobs in La Villa pay better than its residents’ jobs
60% of the jobs based in La Villa pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 37% of the jobs La Villa residents hold. 95% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside La Villa. The jobs ↓
Commutes from La Villa are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas worker. Time on the road ↓
Few La Villa workers work from home
Only 2% 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 728 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for La Villa
Job access by car holds La Villa’s grade up (ahead of 68% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($31,359, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (9.1%) is left out: La Villa’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, La Villa could be anywhere from D to C+.
Making and building: 28% of jobs based in La Villa
698 jobs are based in La Villa.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in La Villa, 2013 → 2023: 29 → 698. 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 La Villa’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 20 minutes to work from La Villa
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of La Villa workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 719 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.
How many people are in La Villa by day
On a workday 690 residents head out to work, 38 work right here, and 660 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 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.
10% of working residents work in Edinburg
Where La Villa clocks in
10% of workers
9% of workers
8% 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.
La Villa’s commute, mile by mile
About 27% 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.
Most trips from La Villa start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, La Villa is near the bottom of U.S. towns, #636 of 642 in Texas. Both inputs place La Villa 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 737 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). 12.1% of La Villa households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of La Villa’s commuters take a bus or train.
How La Villa ranks: 3,741st of 4,453 U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Talty TX | 3,299 | $155K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,739 | Versailles MO | 2,713 | $34K | 20.4% | 2.9% | 32% | C− |
| 3,740 | Santa Rosa NM | 2,802 | $49K | 23.2% | 2.4% | 46% | C− |
| 3,741 | La Villa TX | 3,257 | $31K | 25.7% | 9.1% | 5% | C− |
| 3,742 | Middleburgh NY | 3,124 | $53K | 12.5% | 5.1% | 11% | C− |
| 3,743 | Conewango Township PA | 3,310 | $57K | 18.1% | 5.5% | 13% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,453 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Villa, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
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 La Villa: questions
What is the median household income in La Villa?
$31,359 (±$18,371) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in La Villa?
25.7%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from La Villa?
20 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 Villa work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Edinburg (10%, 14 mi), McAllen (9%, 20 mi), Weslaco (8%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is La Villa walkable?
La Villa is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around La Villa without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from La Villa, from the people who make the trip.
More of La Villa
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. 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.