Households in Las Lomas earn less than in almost any other U.S. town
Household incomes here are among the lowest in the country. Below the poverty line: 37.0% of residents; Texas has 13.8%. Las Lomas grades D for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Las Lomas apart on work
Las Lomas is a place people come home to
There are 75 jobs based in Las Lomas, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Las Lomas has about 1,400 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Las Lomas and Rio Grande City trade workers both ways
Rio Grande City is the top workplace for Las Lomas residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Las Lomas come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
39% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 870 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Las Lomas gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Las Lomas is better than 5% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Las Lomas’ grade up (ahead of 39% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($24,583, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (14.0%) is left out: Las Lomas’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, Las Lomas could be anywhere from D− to D.
Las Lomas quiets down on a workday
On a workday 864 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 69 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Las Lomas on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
0.09 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.
22% of working residents work in Rio Grande City
Where Las Lomas clocks in
8% of workers
7% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Las Lomas
About 39% 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.
Las Lomas is a services town
75 jobs are based in Las Lomas.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Las Lomas, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 75. 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 Las Lomas’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 17 minutes each way for Las Lomas’ commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Las Lomas workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 731 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.
Driving is how Las Lomas gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Las Lomas is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.0% across Texas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 785 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). 20.2% of Las Lomas households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Las Lomas’ commuters take a bus or train.
U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900, and where Las Lomas sits
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Southside Place TX | 1,916 | $163K | 5.0% | 5.4% | 2% | A+ |
| 24 | Shoreacres TX | 1,535 | $131K | 3.2% | 2.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,981 | Green Township OH | 1,673 | $42K | 21.3% | 2.3% | 10% | D |
| 4,982 | Fairplains NC | 1,803 | $39K | 36.3% | 12.3% | 1% | D |
| 4,983 | Las Lomas TX | 2,154 | $25K | 37.0% | 14.0% | 1% | D |
| 4,984 | Cave City KY | 2,398 | $28K | 29.9% | 7.1% | 6% | D |
| 4,985 | Kinder LA | 2,091 | $42K | 33.7% | 10.7% | 9% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Las Lomas, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Las Lomas and its neighbors: 22% work next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Las Lomas workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Las Lomas | – | D | D | 17 min | $24,583 |
| Rio Grande City | 22% | D | C+ | 19 min | $44,577 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Rio Grande City. Darker towns draw more of Las Lomas’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 Las Lomas: questions
What is the median household income in Las Lomas?
$24,583 (±$20,346) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Las Lomas?
37.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Las Lomas?
17 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Las Lomas work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rio Grande City (22%, 3 mi), McAllen (8%, 34 mi), Edinburg (7%, 39 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Las Lomas walkable?
Las Lomas is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Las Lomas without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 20% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Las Lomas, from the people who make the trip.
More of Las Lomas
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.