Most of Ratamosa commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Ratamosa itself; outside it, Harlingen draws the most (30%, 9 miles). Employers in Ratamosa report 4 jobs, and 88 of its residents work somewhere. For 0% of workers, the job is at home, against 14% across Texas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Ratamosa for work, and who comes in
On a workday 88 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 380 people are in Ratamosa on a workday afternoon, 18% 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 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Ratamosa’s residents
Where Ratamosa clocks in
30% of workers
9% of workers
6% 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.
Most jobs in Ratamosa are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ratamosa, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 4. 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 Ratamosa’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Ratamosa
of Ratamosa workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 229 commuters (the 0% 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 Ratamosa
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Next door to Ratamosa
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ratamosa workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ratamosa | – | — | — | — | — |
| Solis | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Solis: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ratamosa’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 Ratamosa: questions
What is the poverty rate in Ratamosa?
0.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Ratamosa work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Harlingen (30%, 9 mi), Brownsville (9%, 27 mi), Mercedes (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ratamosa 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 Ratamosa, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ratamosa
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.