Solis has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For 4% of workers, the job is at home, where Texas as a whole has 14%. There are 82 jobs in Solis, against 238 working residents. Hardly any stay in Solis for work; outside it, Harlingen is the main destination (26%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Solis apart
Solis and Harlingen trade workers both ways
Harlingen is the top workplace for Solis residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Solis come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Solis are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Solis workers work from home
Only 4% 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; with 238 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Out of Solis to work: where people go
Where Solis clocks in
26% of workers
9% of workers
8% 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.
Commuting from Solis: about 16 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Solis workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 130 commuters (the 4% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Solis
On a workday 238 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 82 people come in from elsewhere.
About 510 people are in Solis on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
94% of the jobs in Solis pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Solis, 2013 → 2023: 51 → 82. 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 Solis’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Solis
About 20% 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.
Solis and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to La Feria. Darker towns draw more of Solis’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 Solis: questions
What is the poverty rate in Solis?
28.8%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Solis?
16 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Solis work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Harlingen (26%, 9 mi), Brownsville (9%, 26 mi), Weslaco (8%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Solis without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Solis, from the people who make the trip.
More of Solis
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.