Most of Salineño North commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
20 jobs are based in Salineño North, and 43 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% work in Salineño North; the top destination outside it is Roma (19%, 10 miles). 0% of workers have no commute at all, next to 14% for Texas as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Salineño North for work, and who comes in
On a workday 42 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere.
About 54 people are in Salineño North on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
Where Salineño North’s working residents head each day
Where Salineño North clocks in
14% 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.
Jobs in Salineño North: what the 20 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Salineño North, 2014 → 2024: 24 → 20. 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 Salineño North’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Salineño North
of Salineño North workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 21 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 Salineño North commutes less than 75 miles
About 72% 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.
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 Salineño North: questions
What is the median household income in Salineño North?
$10,987 (±$4,758) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Salineño North?
79.2%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Salineño North work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Roma (19%, 10 mi), McAllen (14%, 56 mi), Pharr (7%, 61 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Salineño North 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 Salineño North, from the people who make the trip.
More of Salineño North
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.