Household incomes in Siesta Acres are lower than in 98% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Siesta Acres D; getting around on foot earns it C−. 20.7% of residents are in poverty, next to 13.8% for Texas as a whole. 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
Work in Siesta Acres: the figures worth knowing
Siesta Acres is a place people come home to
There are 35 jobs based in Siesta Acres, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Siesta Acres has about 990 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Siesta Acres and Eagle Pass trade workers both ways
Eagle Pass is the top workplace for Siesta Acres residents (35%) and also where the most people who work in Siesta Acres come from (31% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
39% 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 ↓
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; with 617 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Siesta Acres’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Siesta Acres is better than 7% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Siesta Acres’ grade up (ahead of 33% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($35,341, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (12.1%) is left out: Siesta Acres’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Siesta Acres could be anywhere from D− to C−.
How many people are in Siesta Acres by day
On a workday 615 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere.
About 990 people are in Siesta Acres on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
0.06 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.
35% of working residents work in Eagle Pass
Where Siesta Acres clocks in
35% of workers
11% 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.
How many miles Siesta Acres commutes
About 39% 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.
Inside Siesta Acres’ 35 jobs
35 jobs are based in Siesta Acres.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Siesta Acres, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 35. 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 Siesta Acres’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 32 minutes each way for Siesta Acres’ commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Siesta Acres workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 521 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.
In Siesta Acres, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Siesta Acres is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.0% across Texas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 521 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). 0.0% of Siesta Acres households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Siesta Acres’ commuters take a bus or train.
How Siesta Acres ranks: 5,062nd of 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Rollingwood TX | 1,466 | $240K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| 28 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,060 | Shell Knob MO | 1,486 | $55K | 14.7% | 8.4% | 5% | D |
| 5,061 | Boles Acres NM | 1,848 | $53K | 16.2% | 1.8% | <1% | D |
| 5,062 | Siesta Acres TX | 1,573 | $35K | 20.7% | 12.1% | <1% | D |
| 5,063 | Montpelier IN | 1,489 | $45K | 21.2% | 2.5% | 6% | D |
| 5,064 | Edmonton KY | 1,713 | $51K | 26.5% | 5.3% | 23% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Siesta Acres, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Around Siesta Acres: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Siesta Acres workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siesta Acres | – | D | C− | 32 min | $35,341 |
| Fabrica | under 1% | — | — | 35 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Fabrica: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Siesta Acres’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 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 Siesta Acres: questions
What is the median household income in Siesta Acres?
$35,341 (±$12,791) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Siesta Acres?
20.7%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Siesta Acres?
32 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Siesta Acres work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Eagle Pass (35%, 4 mi), San Antonio (11%, 128 mi), Eidson Road (8%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Siesta Acres walkable?
Siesta Acres is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Siesta Acres 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 Siesta Acres, from the people who make the trip.
More of Siesta Acres
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.