Most of Salineño commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Salineño has 14 jobs; 46 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Salineño for work; outside it, Roma is the main destination (20%, 10 miles). Poverty touches 33.3% of residents; Texas has 13.8%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Salineño: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 46 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere.
About 19 people are in Salineño on a workday afternoon, 63% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where Salineño’s working residents head each day
Where Salineño clocks in
9% 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: what the 14 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Salineño, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 14. 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 Salineño’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Salineño’s workers travel
About 56% 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.
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 Salineño: questions
What is the poverty rate in Salineño?
33.3%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Salineño work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Roma (20%, 10 mi), Rio Grande City (11%, 20 mi), McAllen (9%, 57 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Salineño, from the people who make the trip.
More of Salineño
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.