With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Valle Vista works elsewhere
There are 13 jobs in Valle Vista; 166 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Valle Vista; the top destination outside it is McAllen (14%, 26 miles). 0% of workers work from home; Texas has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Valle Vista
On a workday 166 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.
About 270 people are in Valle Vista 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 2024, primary jobs.
The places Valle Vista commutes to
Where Valle Vista clocks in
14% of workers
9% 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.
The kinds of work in Valle Vista
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Valle Vista’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Valle Vista
of Valle Vista workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 142 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Valle Vista
About 29% 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 Valle Vista: questions
What is the poverty rate in Valle Vista?
74.3%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Valle Vista work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are McAllen (14%, 26 mi), Rio Grande City (10%, 11 mi), Edinburg (9%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Valle Vista 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 Valle Vista, from the people who make the trip.
More of Valle Vista
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.