Trevino-Uribe Rancho · Photo: Mario Sánchez · Public domainWith 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of San Ygnacio works elsewhere
Hardly any work in San Ygnacio; the top destination outside it is Laredo (28%, 35 miles). There are 5 jobs in San Ygnacio, against 144 working residents. 44% of workers have no commute at all, against 14% across Texas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
San Ygnacio by day and by night
On a workday 144 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 280 people are in San Ygnacio on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Commuting out of San Ygnacio: the destinations
Where San Ygnacio clocks in
28% of workers
12% of workers
5% 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.
What San Ygnacio’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in San Ygnacio, 2014 → 2024: 92 → 5. 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 San Ygnacio’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in San Ygnacio
of San Ygnacio workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 60 commuters (the 44% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from San Ygnacio
About 48% 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 San Ygnacio: questions
What is the poverty rate in San Ygnacio?
20.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in San Ygnacio work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Laredo (28%, 35 mi), Zapata (12%, 14 mi), Kingsville (5%, 101 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around San Ygnacio without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 29% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from San Ygnacio, from the people who make the trip.
More of San Ygnacio
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.