Work, pay and getting to work in Villarreal
0% of workers work from home, next to 14% for Texas as a whole. Hardly any stay in Villarreal for work; outside it, McAllen is the main destination (12%, 25 miles). No jobs are based in Villarreal in the Census job records; 34 of its residents work elsewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Villarreal, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 34 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Villarreal on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
0.00 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.
Where Villarreal’s working residents head each day
Where Villarreal clocks in
12% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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 Villarreal
of Villarreal workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 35 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.
How far Villarreal’s workers travel
About 50% 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 Villarreal: questions
What is the median household income in Villarreal?
$25,938 (±$3,760) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Villarreal?
58.6%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Villarreal work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are McAllen (12%, 25 mi), Mission (6%, 21 mi), New Braunfels (6%, 237 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Villarreal 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 Villarreal, from the people who make the trip.
More of Villarreal
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.