With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Radar Base works elsewhere
Employers in Radar Base report 13 jobs for 43 working residents. Hardly any stay in Radar Base for work; outside it, Eagle Pass is the main destination (21%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Radar Base on a workday
On a workday 43 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Radar Base: the destinations
Where Radar Base clocks in
21% of workers
19% 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.
100% of the jobs in Radar Base make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Radar Base, 2013 → 2023: 73 → 13. 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 Radar Base’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Radar Base
About 44% 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 Radar Base: questions
Where do people who live in Radar Base work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Eagle Pass (21%, 11 mi), San Antonio (19%, 128 mi), Eidson Road (16%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Radar Base, from the people who make the trip.
More of Radar Base
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.