Household incomes in Llano Grande are lower than in 96% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Llano Grande C+; getting around on foot earns it C+. 11.3% of residents are in poverty, next to 13.8% for Texas as a whole. The trip to work takes 19 minutes on average (Texas 27, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Llano Grande
Llano Grande and Weslaco trade workers both ways
Weslaco is the top workplace for Llano Grande residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Llano Grande come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Llano Grande is a place people come home to
There are 288 jobs based in Llano Grande, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Llano Grande has about 1,600 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Llano Grande are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas worker. 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; with 973 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Llano Grande’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Llano Grande is better than 36% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Llano Grande’s grade up (ahead of 73% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($40,114, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (10.6%) is left out: Llano Grande’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Llano Grande could be anywhere from C− to A−.
25% of working residents work in Weslaco
Where Llano Grande clocks in
25% of workers
11% 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.
A workday in Llano Grande: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 956 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 271 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Llano Grande on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
0.30 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.
Llano Grande’s commute takes about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Llano Grande workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 687 commuters (the 18% 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.
What the 288 jobs in Llano Grande are
288 jobs are based in Llano Grande.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Llano Grande, 2014 → 2024: 207 → 288. 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 Llano Grande’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Llano Grande to work
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Llano Grande is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Llano Grande is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.0% across Texas, on an EPA index of 5.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 834 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). 1.3% of Llano Grande households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Llano Grande’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Llano Grande is 3,098th of 5,328 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100
| # | 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% | 1% | 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% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Southside Place TX | 1,916 | $163K | 5.0% | 5.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Bartonville TX | 1,937 | $149K | 4.3% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,096 | New Buffalo Township MI | 2,517 | $92K | 13.6% | 12.9% | 13% | C+ |
| 3,097 | Paint Township PA | 2,999 | $61K | 6.4% | 6.4% | 7% | C+ |
| 3,098 | Llano Grande TX | 2,283 | $40K | 11.3% | 10.6% | 2% | C+ |
| 3,099 | Marcellus NY | 1,761 | $69K | 8.7% | 13.7% | 8% | C+ |
| 3,100 | Malakoff TX | 2,253 | $57K | 20.5% | 0.3% | 11% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Llano Grande, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
25% of Llano Grande works in a bordering town
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Llano Grande workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llano Grande | – | C+ | C+ | 19 min | $40,114 |
| Weslaco | 25% | C− | B | 24 min | $59,551 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Weslaco. Darker towns draw more of Llano Grande’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 Llano Grande: questions
What is the median household income in Llano Grande?
$40,114 (±$34,463) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Llano Grande?
11.3%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Llano Grande?
19 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Llano Grande work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Weslaco (25%, 2 mi), McAllen (11%, 18 mi), Harlingen (6%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Llano Grande walkable?
Llano Grande is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Llano Grande without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Llano Grande, from the people who make the trip.
More of Llano Grande
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.