Household incomes in Salida del Sol Estates trail those of 98% of U.S. towns
43.1% of residents live below the poverty line, where Texas as a whole has 13.8%. For jobs and income Salida del Sol Estates is better than 10% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is near the bottom of U.S. towns (D−). 0% 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
What the numbers say about work in Salida del Sol Estates
Salida del Sol Estates is a place people come home to
There are 140 jobs based in Salida del Sol Estates, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Fewer than half of Salida del Sol Estates workers earn over $40,000 a year
35% of Salida del Sol Estates’ working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 22% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Salida del Sol Estates are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas worker. Time on the road ↓
A young workforce
35% of Salida del Sol Estates’ working residents are 29 or younger, about one in three. The jobs ↓
Few Salida del Sol Estates 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Inside Salida del Sol Estates’ Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Salida del Sol Estates’ grade up (ahead of 48% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Salida del Sol Estates could be anywhere from D− to B−.
Who commutes out of Salida del Sol Estates, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,359 residents head out to work, 18 work right here, and 122 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,500 people are in Salida del Sol Estates on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.10 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.
In Salida del Sol Estates, 67% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
140 jobs are based in Salida del Sol Estates.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Salida del Sol Estates, 2013 → 2023: 64 → 140. 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 Salida del Sol Estates’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Salida del Sol Estates takes about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Salida del Sol Estates workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,899 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.
Commuting out of Salida del Sol Estates: the destinations
Where Salida del Sol Estates clocks in
14% of workers
11% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Salida del Sol Estates
About 34% 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 Salida del Sol Estates, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Salida del Sol Estates is near the bottom of U.S. towns, #636 of 642 in Texas. Both inputs place Salida del Sol Estates 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 1,899 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). 0.8% of Salida del Sol Estates households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Salida del Sol Estates’ commuters take a bus or train.
Salida del Sol Estates and other U.S. towns of 5,400 to 10,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Hickory Creek TX | 6,875 | $149K | 2.6% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Alamo Heights TX | 7,632 | $183K | 2.5% | 2.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Oak Point TX | 6,909 | $126K | 1.5% | 1.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,902 | Denton Township MI | 5,411 | $46K | 19.7% | 4.5% | 14% | D |
| 2,903 | Cullowhee NC | 7,973 | $36K | 45.8% | 11.8% | 13% | D |
| 2,904 | Salida del Sol Estates TX | 7,766 | $36K | 43.1% | 5.9% | 1% | D |
| 2,905 | Cairo GA | 10,150 | $41K | 28.8% | 5.2% | 28% | D |
| 2,906 | Marion Township IN | 9,002 | $51K | 14.7% | 8.3% | 15% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,091 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Salida del Sol Estates, 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 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 Salida del Sol Estates: questions
What is the median household income in Salida del Sol Estates?
$36,097 (±$31,918) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Salida del Sol Estates?
43.1%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Salida del Sol Estates?
18 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Salida del Sol Estates work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are McAllen (14%, 14 mi), Mission (11%, 11 mi), Edinburg (7%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Salida del Sol Estates walkable?
Salida del Sol Estates 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 Salida del Sol Estates 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 Salida del Sol Estates, from the people who make the trip.
More of Salida del Sol Estates
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.