Household incomes in Lopezville trail those of 97% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 30.4%, where Texas as a whole has 13.8%. Lopezville grades C− for jobs and income and D for walkability. Hardly any work in Lopezville itself; outside it, McAllen draws the most (24%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Lopezville stands out on work
Lopezville is a place people come home to
There are 59 jobs based in Lopezville, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lopezville has about 1,500 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Lopezville works one town over
37% of working residents work in a town that borders Lopezville: Edinburg (18%), Pharr (16%) and San Juan (3%). Next door ↓
Most Lopezville residents work close to home
67% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. 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 829 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Lopezville: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Lopezville is better than 22% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Lopezville’s grade up (ahead of 83% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($38,207, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (8.7%) is left out: Lopezville’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, Lopezville could be anywhere from C− to C.
Who works in Lopezville, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 828 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Lopezville on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
0.07 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.
The distance from Lopezville to work
About 17% 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.
Commuting out of Lopezville: the destinations
Where Lopezville clocks in
24% of workers
18% of workers
16% 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.
The kinds of work in Lopezville
59 jobs are based in Lopezville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lopezville, 2013 → 2023: 49 → 59. 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 Lopezville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Lopezville: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lopezville workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 661 commuters (the 9% 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.
In Lopezville, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lopezville 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 727 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). 10.4% of Lopezville households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lopezville’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Lopezville ranks: 3,715th of 5,102 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,000
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Southside Place TX | 1,916 | $163K | 5.0% | 5.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Bartonville TX | 1,937 | $149K | 4.3% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,713 | Camden Township MO | 1,626 | $65K | 11.7% | 1.0% | 17% | C− |
| 3,714 | Sharpes FL | 2,840 | $70K | 22.4% | 6.2% | 2% | C− |
| 3,715 | Lopezville TX | 2,227 | $38K | 30.4% | 8.7% | <1% | C− |
| 3,716 | Osgood IN | 1,602 | $53K | 9.7% | 5.1% | 9% | C− |
| 3,717 | Minneapolis KS | 1,907 | $58K | 10.1% | 5.3% | 26% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,102 | 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 Lopezville, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Lopezville and its neighbors: 37% work next door
The biggest share goes to Edinburg (18%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lopezville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lopezville | – | C− | D | 22 min | $38,207 |
| Pharr | 16% | C− | B− | 21 min | $52,814 |
| Edinburg | 18% | C | B− | 22 min | $59,466 |
| Murillo | under 2% | C | D | 21 min | $70,609 |
| San Juan | 3% | C | C | 25 min | $56,562 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lopezville’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 Lopezville: questions
What is the median household income in Lopezville?
$38,207 (±$6,018) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lopezville?
30.4%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lopezville?
22 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lopezville work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are McAllen (24%, 6 mi), Edinburg (18%, 5 mi), Pharr (16%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lopezville walkable?
Lopezville is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lopezville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lopezville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lopezville
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.