With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Rancho Viejo works elsewhere
There are 261 jobs in Rancho Viejo for 1,154 working residents. Jobs and income earn Rancho Viejo B+; getting around on foot earns it C−. Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers (Texas 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Rancho Viejo, in brief
Rancho Viejo and Brownsville trade workers both ways
Brownsville is the top workplace for Rancho Viejo residents (42%) and also where the most people who work in Rancho Viejo come from (40% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Rancho Viejo is a place people come home to
There are 261 jobs based in Rancho Viejo, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Rancho Viejo has about 2,000 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Income, poverty and work: Rancho Viejo’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Rancho Viejo is better than 73% of U.S. towns, #179 of 642 in Texas. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Rancho Viejo’s grade. It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Rancho Viejo could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
42% of working residents work in Brownsville
Where Rancho Viejo clocks in
42% of workers
9% of workers
3% 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.
Rancho Viejo quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,123 residents head out to work, 31 work right here, and 230 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Rancho Viejo on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
What Rancho Viejo’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rancho Viejo, 2014 → 2024: 170 → 261. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rancho Viejo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Rancho Viejo: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rancho Viejo workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,377 commuters (the 6% 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.
Rancho Viejo’s commute, mile by mile
About 22% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Rancho Viejo, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rancho Viejo is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns, #549 of 642 in Texas. 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 1,465 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). 0.0% of Rancho Viejo households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Rancho Viejo’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,071st of 4,703: where Rancho Viejo ranks among U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Talty TX | 3,299 | $155K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,069 | Lake Sarasota FL | 3,595 | $92K | 10.0% | 3.0% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,070 | Strasburg PA | 3,085 | $86K | 3.7% | 5.0% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,071 | Rancho Viejo TX | 2,851 | $91K | 6.4% | 3.7% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,072 | Omphghent Township IL | 2,370 | $84K | 3.4% | 3.5% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,073 | Montmorency Township IL | 2,391 | $92K | 4.4% | 2.5% | 6% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 0% | 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 Rancho Viejo, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Next door to Rancho Viejo
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rancho Viejo workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rancho Viejo | – | B+ | C− | 26 min | $90,714 |
| Olmito | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Olmito: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rancho Viejo’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 2024, 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 Rancho Viejo: questions
What is the median household income in Rancho Viejo?
$90,714 (±$25,182) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rancho Viejo?
6.4%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rancho Viejo?
26 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rancho Viejo work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Brownsville (42%, 6 mi), Harlingen (9%, 14 mi), McAllen (3%, 45 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Rancho Viejo walkable?
Rancho Viejo is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rancho Viejo 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 Rancho Viejo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rancho Viejo
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.