Households in Perezville earn less than those in 90% of U.S. towns
For 3% of workers, the job is at home, where Texas as a whole has 14%. Poverty touches 10.5% of residents (Texas 13.8%). Jobs and income earn Perezville C+; getting around on foot earns it B−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Perezville apart on work
Perezville is a place people come home to
There are 157 jobs based in Perezville, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Perezville has about 1,600 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer than half of Perezville workers earn over $40,000 a year
37% of Perezville’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 25% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
Few Perezville workers work from home
Only 3% 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 802 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Perezville’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Perezville is better than 40% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Perezville’s grade up (ahead of 73% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($47,836, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (9.0%) is left out: Perezville’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, Perezville could be anywhere from C− to B+.
A workday in Perezville: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 791 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 146 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Perezville on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.20 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.
Goods, not services: 42% of the jobs in Perezville
157 jobs are based in Perezville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Perezville, 2013 → 2023: 105 → 157. 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 Perezville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Perezville: about 23 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Perezville workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 422 commuters (the 3% 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.
20% of working residents work in McAllen
Where Perezville clocks in
20% of workers
11% 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.
Perezville’s commute, mile by mile
About 29% 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.
In Perezville, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Perezville is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Perezville 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 437 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). 1.4% of Perezville households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Perezville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Perezville is 2,718th of 5,102 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,000 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,716 | Waimea HI | 1,840 | $89K | 8.5% | 1.3% | 15% | C+ |
| 2,717 | Wilberforce OH | 1,951 | $67K | 15.6% | 16.2% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,718 | Perezville TX | 2,237 | $48K | 10.5% | 9.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,719 | Patoka Township IN | 2,759 | $67K | 16.2% | 1.9% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,720 | Cornish ME | 1,602 | $69K | 6.3% | 3.8% | 9% | 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 Perezville, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Around Perezville: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Perezville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perezville | – | C+ | B− | 23 min | $47,836 |
| Palmview | 3% | C− | C+ | 20 min | $43,963 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Palmview. Darker towns draw more of Perezville’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 Perezville: questions
What is the median household income in Perezville?
$47,836 (±$12,650) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Perezville?
10.5%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Perezville?
23 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Perezville work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are McAllen (20%, 10 mi), Mission (11%, 6 mi), Edinburg (7%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Perezville walkable?
Perezville is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Perezville 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 Perezville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Perezville
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.