Households in Rosita earn less than those in 97% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Rosita D; getting around on foot earns it C−. The poverty rate is 12.0%, where Texas as a whole has 13.8%. For <1% of workers, the job is at home; Texas has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Rosita, in brief
Nearly all the work in Rosita is services
99% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 1% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Rosita’s working residents have a job less than 8 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 33 minutes, longer than the Texas average of 27. Time on the road ↓
Rosita and Eagle Pass trade workers both ways
Eagle Pass is the top workplace for Rosita residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Rosita come from (31% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
42% 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 ↓
Few Rosita workers work from home
Only 0% 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Income, poverty and work: Rosita’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Rosita is better than 10% of U.S. towns, #592 of 642 in Texas. The poverty rate holds Rosita’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($37,407, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Rosita could be anywhere from D− to B.
In Rosita, services account for most jobs
1,749 jobs are based in Rosita.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rosita, 2014 → 2024: 1,822 → 1,749. 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 Rosita’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Rosita, about 33 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rosita workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,288 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.
19% of working residents work in Eagle Pass
Where Rosita clocks in
19% of workers
10% of workers
4% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Rosita
About 42% 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.
Who works in Rosita, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 898 residents head out to work, 359 work right here, and 1,390 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,400 people are in Rosita on a workday afternoon, 17% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
In Rosita, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rosita is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns, #542 of 642 in Texas. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.0% across Texas, on an EPA index of 4.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,289 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). 1.7% of Rosita households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Rosita’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Rosita ranks: 4,085th of 4,618 U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Talty TX | 3,299 | $155K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,083 | Anchor Point AK | 2,243 | $63K | 14.4% | 8.1% | — | D |
| 4,084 | Staples MN | 3,074 | $52K | 15.9% | 6.6% | 22% | D |
| 4,085 | Rosita TX | 2,933 | $37K | 12.0% | 8.1% | 29% | D |
| 4,086 | Libby MT | 3,274 | $34K | 24.0% | 3.4% | 50% | D |
| 4,087 | Decherd TN | 2,499 | $38K | 18.8% | 6.5% | 5% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,618 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 0% | 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 Rosita, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
The towns around Rosita
The biggest share goes to Eidson Road (4%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rosita workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosita | – | D | C− | 33 min | $37,407 |
| Eidson Road | 4% | D− | C− | 22 min | $33,839 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rosita’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 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 Rosita: questions
What is the median household income in Rosita?
$37,407 (±$27,533) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rosita?
12.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rosita?
33 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. <1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rosita work?
29% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Eagle Pass (19%, 6 mi), San Antonio (10%, 129 mi), Laredo (4%, 93 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Rosita walkable?
Rosita is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rosita without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rosita, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rosita
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.