Villa Verde has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Villa Verde; the top destination outside it is Weslaco (32%, 2 miles). Villa Verde has 9 jobs for 318 working residents. 27% of workers have no commute at all (Texas 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Villa Verde
Villa Verde is a place people come home to
There are 9 jobs based in Villa Verde, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Villa Verde has about 64 people in it, 83% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Villa Verde and Weslaco trade workers both ways
Weslaco is the top workplace for Villa Verde residents (32%) and also where the most people who work in Villa Verde come from (33% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Villa Verde
27% of Villa Verde workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. 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 318 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A workday in Villa Verde: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 318 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
About 64 people are in Villa Verde on a workday afternoon, 83% 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 the trip to work from Villa Verde ends
Where Villa Verde clocks in
32% of workers
12% of workers
7% 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.
Working from home in Villa Verde
of Villa Verde workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 105 commuters (the 27% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Villa Verde, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 9. 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 Villa Verde’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Villa Verde
About 17% 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 Villa Verde: questions
What is the poverty rate in Villa Verde?
8.6%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Villa Verde work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Weslaco (32%, 2 mi), McAllen (12%, 17 mi), Harlingen (7%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Villa Verde without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Villa Verde, from the people who make the trip.
More of Villa Verde
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.