Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0Laredo draws more than half of Mirando City’s working residents
Working residents average 27 minutes each way, about the same as across Texas. Hardly any work in Mirando City; the top destination outside it is Laredo (53%, 31 miles). Employers in Mirando City report 6 jobs for 34 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Mirando City on a workday
On a workday 34 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 64 people are in Mirando City on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
0.18 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.
Where people from Mirando City work
Where Mirando City clocks in
53% of workers
12% 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.
Jobs in Mirando City: what the 6 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mirando City, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 6. 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 Mirando City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Mirando City: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mirando City workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 36 commuters (the 16% 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 far it is to work from Mirando City
About 32% 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.
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 Mirando City: questions
What is the poverty rate in Mirando City?
20.7%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mirando City?
27 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mirando City work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Mirando City without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 29% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mirando City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mirando City
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.