Relampago has 1.8 jobs for every working resident: 74 people commute in to work
Only 2% work in Relampago itself; outside it, Weslaco draws the most (31%, 7 miles). 75 jobs are based in Relampago for 42 working residents. 0% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Relampago fills up on a workday
On a workday 41 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.
About 130 people are in Relampago on a workday afternoon, 33% more 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 daily trip into Relampago
Where Relampago clocks in
31% of workers
10% of workers
7% 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.
The kinds of work in Relampago
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Relampago, 2013 → 2023: 47 → 75. 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 Relampago’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Relampago
of Relampago workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11 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.
Half of Relampago commutes less than 11 miles
About 19% 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 Relampago: questions
What is the poverty rate in Relampago?
100.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Relampago work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Weslaco (31%, 7 mi), McAllen (10%, 23 mi), Mercedes (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Relampago 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 Relampago, from the people who make the trip.
More of Relampago
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.