Valera has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
For 16% of workers, the job is at home; Texas has 14%. 5 jobs are based in Valera, and 39 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Valera; the top destination outside it is Santa Anna (18%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Valera for work, and who comes in
On a workday 39 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 60 people are in Valera on a workday afternoon, 36% 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 people from Valera work
Where Valera clocks in
18% of workers
13% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Valera, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Valera’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Valera
of Valera workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 48 commuters (the 16% 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.
Valera’s commute, mile by mile
About 44% 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 Valera: questions
What is the median household income in Valera?
$91,346 (±$5,054) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Valera?
0.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Valera work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Santa Anna (18%, 13 mi), Coleman (13%, 9 mi), Brownwood (8%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Valera 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 Valera, from the people who make the trip.
More of Valera
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.