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Work & commute in Cantu Addition · A commuter town

99% of Cantu Addition’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Cantu Addition for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Falfurrias (30%), Premont (7%) and Alice (7%). Half commute less than 38 miles.

Work in town
1%
1 of 67 working residents
Typical commute
38 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Jobs based here
17
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Cantu Addition?

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

★ What stands out · The commute map

30% of working residents work in Falfurrias

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

Premont: 5 residents work here (7%)Falfurrias: 20 residents work here (30%)RomaAlice: 5 residents work here (7%)PortlandNew Braunfels: 2 residents work here (3%)Corpus Christi: 2 residents work here (3%)San Antonio: 2 residents work here (3%)Edinburg: 3 residents work here (4%)Laredo: 4 residents work here (6%)McAllen: 2 residents work here (3%)Brownsville: 4 residents work here (6%)Cantu AdditionFalfurriasPremontAliceLaredoBrownsvilleEdinburgCantu Addition
1
Falfurrias1.7 mi away
30%20
2
Premont11 mi away
7%5
3
Alice38.6 mi away
7%5
4
Laredo85.5 mi away
6%4
5
Brownsville93.6 mi away
6%4
6
Edinburg61.1 mi away
4%3
7
New Braunfels172.6 mi away
3%2
8
Corpus Christi71.3 mi away
3%2
9
San Antonio157.8 mi away
3%2
10
McAllen67.7 mi away
3%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
27%18
The top trips

Where Cantu Addition clocks in

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

Day and night

Cantu Addition quiets down on a workday

On a workday 66 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.

66live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
16work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night32
Workday0
32live here− 66head out to work+ 16come in to work= 0on a workday

About 0 people are in Cantu Addition on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.25jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.25 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 Cantu Addition commutes less than 38 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 miFalfurrias: 30% · 1.7 miPremont: 7% · 11 miAlice: 7% · 38.6 miLaredo: 6% · 85.5 miBrownsville: 6% · 93.6 miEdinburg: 4% · 61.1 miNew Braunfels: 3% · 172.6 miCorpus Christi: 3% · 71.3 miSan Antonio: 3% · 157.8 miMcAllen: 3% · 67.7 miFalfurrias 30%Premont 7%Alice 7%Laredo 6%Brownsville 6%Cantu Addition
Cantu AdditionTop destinations (size = commuters)
33%Under 10 mi22 residents
12%10–24 mi8 residents
12%25–50 mi8 residents
43%Over 50 mi29 residents

About 43% 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

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

17 jobs are based in Cantu Addition. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cantu Addition’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cantu AdditionJobs Cantu Addition residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%19%
Trade, transport & utilities0%9%
Services: health, schools, offices100%72%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%39%
Over $3,333 a month71%42%

Who does it

29 or younger0%24%
30 to 5482%58%
55 and older18%18%

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

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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