Smith Ranch · Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 3.0Rio Vista has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For jobs and income Rio Vista is better than 53% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is near the bottom of U.S. towns (D−). There are 62 jobs in Rio Vista, and 562 of its residents work somewhere. Working from home is the commute for 1% of workers, against 14% across Texas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Rio Vista: the gist
Rio Vista is a place people come home to
There are 62 jobs based in Rio Vista, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Rio Vista has about 740 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Rio Vista and Cleburne trade workers both ways
Cleburne is the top workplace for Rio Vista residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Rio Vista come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Rio Vista workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 42 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 322 hours of commuting, 115 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 562 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Rio Vista: the grade in detail
All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Rio Vista’s grade. It also does well on job access by car.
Unemployment (2.9%) is left out: Rio Vista’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Rio Vista could be anywhere from C− to A.
A workday in Rio Vista: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 561 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 61 people come in from elsewhere.
About 740 people are in Rio Vista on a workday afternoon, 40% 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 2024, primary jobs.
24% of working residents work in Cleburne
Where Rio Vista clocks in
24% of workers
13% 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.
Each way, about 42 minutes from Rio Vista
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rio Vista workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 639 commuters (the 1% 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.
What Rio Vista’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rio Vista, 2014 → 2024: 95 → 62. 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 Rio Vista’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Rio Vista, by distance
About 26% 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.
Driving is how Rio Vista gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rio Vista is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Rio Vista near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 647 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). 1.3% of Rio Vista households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Rio Vista’s commuters take a bus or train.
Rio Vista is 1,496th of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Rollingwood TX | 1,466 | $240K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 4% | A+ |
| 27 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,494 | Haliimaile HI | 1,105 | $88K | 7.9% | 13.3% | 1% | B− |
| 1,495 | Warrenville SC | 1,042 | $53K | 6.0% | 4.1% | 1% | B− |
| 1,496 | Rio Vista TX | 1,241 | $72K | 8.8% | 2.9% | <1% | B− |
| 1,497 | Lind WI | 1,550 | $79K | 5.6% | 2.7% | 2% | B− |
| 1,498 | Mount Pulaski IL | 1,499 | $66K | 5.9% | 2.9% | 17% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Vista, 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 Rio Vista: questions
What is the median household income in Rio Vista?
$71,625 (±$25,004) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rio Vista?
8.8%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rio Vista?
42 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rio Vista work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cleburne (24%, 9 mi), Fort Worth (13%, 38 mi), Dallas (6%, 52 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Rio Vista walkable?
Rio Vista is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rio Vista without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rio Vista, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rio Vista
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.