Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0At 9.1%, unemployment in Raymondville is higher than in 92% of U.S. towns
About one in seven stay in Raymondville for work; outside it, Harlingen is the main destination (12%, 20 miles). The two grades for Raymondville are D for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Measured by household income, Raymondville is behind 86% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Raymondville, in brief
Commutes from Raymondville are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
36% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Fewer than half of Raymondville workers earn over $40,000 a year
44% of Raymondville’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 18% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
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.
Inside Raymondville’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Raymondville is better than 8% of U.S. towns, #608 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car holds Raymondville’s grade up (ahead of 44% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (31.0%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Raymondville could be anywhere from D− to C.
Time on the road from Raymondville: about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Raymondville workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,627 commuters (the 7% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Raymondville
About 36% 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.
The 1,935 jobs based in Raymondville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Raymondville, 2014 → 2024: 2,297 → 1,935. 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 Raymondville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Raymondville
On a workday 2,844 residents head out to work, 437 work right here, and 1,498 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,700 people are in Raymondville on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.59 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 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Raymondville to work: where people go
Where Raymondville clocks in
12% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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 trips from Raymondville start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Raymondville is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns, #247 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.8% of 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 3,896 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). 6.7% of Raymondville households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Raymondville’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Raymondville compares with U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Alamo Heights TX | 7,632 | $183K | 2.5% | 2.2% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Lucas TX | 8,896 | $221K | 1.3% | 2.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,755 | Las Vegas NM | 12,574 | $45K | 32.0% | 4.8% | 46% | D |
| 2,756 | Coshocton OH | 11,169 | $49K | 25.9% | 7.4% | 32% | D |
| 2,757 | Raymondville TX | 10,082 | $51K | 31.0% | 9.1% | 13% | D |
| 2,758 | Price UT | 8,368 | $53K | 17.7% | 7.4% | 32% | D |
| 2,759 | Peru IN | 10,962 | $46K | 23.6% | 9.1% | 23% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Raymondville, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
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 Raymondville: questions
What is the median household income in Raymondville?
$51,442 (±$13,711) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Raymondville?
31.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Raymondville?
16 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Raymondville work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Harlingen (12%, 20 mi), Brownsville (5%, 38 mi), McAllen (5%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Raymondville walkable?
Raymondville is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Raymondville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Raymondville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Raymondville
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.