Photo: US government · Public domainVal Verde Park has some of the lowest unemployment in the country, with hardly anyone out of work
3% of workers work from home, where Texas as a whole has 14%. Household incomes here are lower than in 71% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 17 minutes each way, next to 27 for Texas and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Val Verde Park: the gist
Val Verde Park and Del Rio trade workers both ways
Del Rio is the top workplace for Val Verde Park residents (46%) and also where the most people who work in Val Verde Park come from (55% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Val Verde Park is a place people come home to
There are 20 jobs based in Val Verde Park, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
46% 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 727 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Val Verde Park’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Val Verde Park is better than 50% of U.S. towns, #293 of 642 in Texas. Unemployment holds Val Verde Park’s grade up (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 26% of U.S. towns).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Val Verde Park could be anywhere from C to B+.
46% of working residents work in Del Rio
Where Val Verde Park clocks in
46% of workers
13% of workers
2% 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.
Who works in Val Verde Park, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 723 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Val Verde Park on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
0.03 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 2024, primary jobs.
How far Val Verde Park goes to work
About 46% 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.
50% of the jobs in Val Verde Park make or build things
20 jobs are based in Val Verde Park.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Val Verde Park, 2014 → 2024: 33 → 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 Val Verde Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 17 minutes each way, quicker than most of Texas
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Val Verde Park workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,369 commuters (the 3% 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.
Few in Val Verde Park walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Val Verde Park is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns, #631 of 642 in Texas. Both inputs place Val Verde Park near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,410 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). 2.2% of Val Verde Park households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Val Verde Park’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Val Verde Park is 2,186th of 4,562 U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Talty TX | 3,299 | $155K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,184 | Swan Creek Township MI | 2,409 | $73K | 7.0% | 4.4% | 3% | B− |
| 2,185 | Grand Lake Township MN | 2,705 | $101K | 6.7% | 9.3% | 2% | B− |
| 2,186 | Val Verde Park TX | 3,139 | $62K | 10.4% | 0.0% | 1% | B− |
| 2,187 | Minerva OH | 3,697 | $54K | 13.0% | 1.4% | 17% | B− |
| 2,188 | West TX | 2,629 | $62K | 11.9% | 2.4% | 20% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,562 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Val Verde Park, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Val Verde Park and its neighbors: 46% work next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Val Verde Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Val Verde Park | – | B− | D− | 17 min | $61,734 |
| Del Rio | 46% | C− | B+ | 19 min | $66,158 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Del Rio. Darker towns draw more of Val Verde Park’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 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 Val Verde Park: questions
What is the median household income in Val Verde Park?
$61,734 (±$8,125) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Val Verde Park?
10.4%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Val Verde Park?
17 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Val Verde Park work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Del Rio (46%, 3 mi), San Antonio (13%, 139 mi), Austin (2%, 195 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Val Verde Park walkable?
Val Verde Park is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Val Verde Park without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Val Verde Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Val Verde Park
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. 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.