For more than four in five of its working residents, Prado Verde is a commute to El Paso
Hardly any work in Prado Verde itself; outside it, El Paso draws the most (80%, 11 miles). Home is the office for 79% of workers, next to 14% for Texas as a whole. There are 29 jobs in Prado Verde; 113 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Prado Verde on a workday afternoon
On a workday 113 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere.
About 390 people are in Prado Verde on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.26 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 the trip to work from Prado Verde ends
Where Prado Verde clocks in
80% of workers
2% 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.
Making and building: 66% of jobs based in Prado Verde
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Prado Verde, 2013 → 2023: 106 → 29. 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 Prado Verde’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Prado Verde
of Prado Verde workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 61 commuters (the 79% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Prado Verde
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.
- A ceiling on income. The Census stops at $250,000+, so the true median may be higher.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Prado Verde: questions
What is the median household income in Prado Verde?
$250,000+ (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Prado Verde?
0.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Prado Verde work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Prado Verde without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Prado Verde, from the people who make the trip.
More of Prado Verde
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.