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Work & commute in Amada Acres · A commuter town

100% of Amada Acres’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Amada Acres for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Rio Grande City (36%), McAllen (14%) and Escobares (5%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 22 working residents
Typical commute
30 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Work from home
0%
Less than TX (14%)
Jobs based here
2
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Amada Acres?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

36% of working residents work in Rio Grande City

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Escobares: 1 residents work here (5%)Rio Grande City: 8 residents work here (36%)Robstown: 1 residents work here (5%)Weslaco: 1 residents work here (5%)Pharr: 1 residents work here (5%)Mission: 1 residents work here (5%)Harlingen: 1 residents work here (5%)Bryan: 1 residents work here (5%)Corpus Christi: 1 residents work here (5%)McAllen: 3 residents work here (14%)Amada AcresChaparritoRio Grande CityMcAllenEscobaresRobstownWeslacoPharrAmada Acres
1
Rio Grande City5.7 mi away
36%8
2
McAllen31.6 mi away
14%3
3
Escobares14.5 mi away
5%1
4
Robstown119.9 mi away
5%1
5
Weslaco48.3 mi away
5%1
6
Pharr36 mi away
5%1
7
Mission27.4 mi away
5%1
8
Harlingen65.4 mi away
5%1
9
Bryan331.2 mi away
5%1
10
Corpus Christi137.1 mi away
5%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
14%3
The top trips

Where Amada Acres clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Day and night

Amada Acres quiets down on a workday

On a workday 22 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.

22live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
2work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night52
Workday32
52live here− 22head out to work+ 2come in to work= 32on a workday

About 32 people are in Amada Acres on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.09jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.09 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 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Amada Acres commutes less than 30 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miRio Grande City: 36% · 5.7 miMcAllen: 14% · 31.6 miEscobares: 5% · 14.5 miRobstown: 5% · 119.9 miWeslaco: 5% · 48.3 miPharr: 5% · 36 miMission: 5% · 27.4 miHarlingen: 5% · 65.4 miBryan: 5% · 331.2 miCorpus Christi: 5% · 137.1 miRio Grande City 36%McAllen 14%Escobares 5%Robstown 5%Weslaco 5%Amada Acres
Amada AcresTop destinations (size = commuters)
41%Under 10 mi9 residents
5%10–24 mi1 residents
27%25–50 mi6 residents
27%Over 50 mi6 residents

About 27% 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.

The jobs

What the 2 jobs in Amada Acres are

2 jobs are based in Amada Acres. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Amada Acres’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Amada AcresJobs Amada Acres residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%5%
Trade, transport & utilities100%5%
Services: health, schools, offices0%91%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%27%
$1,251–$3,333 a month100%41%
Over $3,333 a month0%32%

Who does it

29 or younger50%23%
30 to 5450%50%
55 and older0%27%

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Time on the road

Working from home in Amada Acres

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

Working from home
0%

of Amada Acres workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
Next door

Amada Acres and the towns next door

Darker towns draw more of Amada Acres’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.
  • Where the employer says. A job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.
  • Two surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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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.

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