Most of Realitos commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Realitos report 20 jobs, and 50 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% stay in Realitos for work; outside it, Alice is the main destination (12%, 36 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home (Texas 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Realitos on a workday
On a workday 49 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2 people are in Realitos on a workday afternoon, 94% 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.
Where Realitos’ working residents head each day
Where Realitos clocks in
12% 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.
Goods jobs make up 100% of work in Realitos
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Realitos’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Realitos
of Realitos workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5 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.
Miles to work from Realitos
About 58% 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 Realitos: questions
What is the poverty rate in Realitos?
68.8%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Realitos work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Alice (12%, 36 mi), Corpus Christi (12%, 86 mi), Benavides (8%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Realitos 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 Realitos, from the people who make the trip.
More of Realitos
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.