Work & commute · Rio Bravo

Work & commute in Rio Bravo, TX

Most working residents leave Rio Bravo for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Laredo (63%), San Antonio (6%) and Austin (2%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 1,431 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,412 Rio Bravo residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 65 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rio Bravo.

1,412live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

65work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rio Bravo goes to work

Laredo13.5 mi away

63%905

San Antonio156.3 mi away

6%85

Austin228.2 mi away

2%28

Corpus Christi144.1 mi away

1%21

Houston299.5 mi away

1%20

Rio Bravo (in town)right here

1%19

McAllen109.7 mi away

1%16

Dallas408.7 mi away

1%15

El Paso519.5 mi away

1%11

Cotulla75.6 mi away

0%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%304

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Rio Bravo commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

16%

50%

33%

16%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rio Bravo is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.06 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Rio Bravo are

84 jobs are based in Rio Bravo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rio Bravo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rio Bravo

84 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month51%

Over $3,333 a month15%

Jobs Rio Bravo residents hold

1,431 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month37%

−42%

Jobs based in Rio Bravo, 2013 → 2023: 146 → 84. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe 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 saysA 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 surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.