Rio Bravo has lower household incomes than 92% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 32.8% of residents, against 13.8% across Texas. Jobs and income earn Rio Bravo C−; getting around on foot earns it C−. 2% of workers work from home, next to 14% for Texas as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Rio Bravo: the figures worth knowing
Rio Bravo and Laredo trade workers both ways
Laredo is the top workplace for Rio Bravo residents (63%) and also where the most people who work in Rio Bravo come from (67% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Rio Bravo is a place people come home to
There are 84 jobs based in Rio Bravo, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Rio Bravo has about 3,200 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer than half of Rio Bravo workers earn over $40,000 a year
37% of Rio Bravo’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 20% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
Rio Bravo workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Rio Bravo workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Rio Bravo
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Rio Bravo is better than 23% of U.S. towns, #484 of 642 in Texas. Unemployment holds Rio Bravo’s grade up (2.6%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Rio Bravo could be anywhere from D to C+.
63% of working residents work in Laredo
Where Rio Bravo clocks in
63% of workers
6% of workers
2% 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.
A workday in Rio Bravo: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,412 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 65 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,200 people are in Rio Bravo on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
0.06 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 2023, primary jobs.
What work there is in Rio Bravo: 84 jobs
84 jobs are based in Rio Bravo.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rio Bravo, 2013 → 2023: 146 → 84. 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 Rio Bravo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 34 minutes from Rio Bravo
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rio Bravo workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,572 commuters (the 2% 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 Rio Bravo
About 33% 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.
In Rio Bravo, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rio Bravo is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns, #567 of 642 in Texas. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.0% across Texas, on an EPA index of 3.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,612 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). 5.1% of Rio Bravo households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Rio Bravo’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Rio Bravo ranks: 3,024th of 3,862 U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 7 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Talty TX | 3,299 | $155K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,022 | Lexington OH | 4,848 | $52K | 13.7% | 6.0% | 11% | C− |
| 3,023 | Greenville PA | 5,406 | $53K | 16.5% | 4.7% | 12% | C− |
| 3,024 | Rio Bravo TX | 4,523 | $46K | 32.8% | 2.6% | 1% | C− |
| 3,025 | Campbell WI | 4,092 | $60K | 13.7% | 11.4% | 4% | C− |
| 3,026 | Williams AZ | 3,473 | $76K | 13.5% | 5.0% | 36% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,862 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Rio Bravo, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
The towns next door employ 63% of Rio Bravo
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Laredo. Darker towns draw more of Rio Bravo’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 Rio Bravo: questions
What is the median household income in Rio Bravo?
$45,864 (±$13,613) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rio Bravo?
32.8%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rio Bravo?
34 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rio Bravo work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Laredo (63%, 14 mi), San Antonio (6%, 156 mi), Austin (2%, 228 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rio Bravo walkable?
Rio Bravo is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rio Bravo without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rio Bravo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rio Bravo
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. 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.