Work & commute · Alamo

Work & commute in Alamo, TX

Most working residents leave Alamo for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are McAllen (20%), Pharr (16%) and Edinburg (9%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

368 of 6,643 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 6,275 Alamo residents head out of town to work, 368 work right here, and 3,419 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alamo.

6,275live here, work elsewhere

368live and work here

3,419work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alamo goes to work

McAllen8.5 mi away

20%1,343

Pharr4.9 mi away

16%1,064

Edinburg9.7 mi away

9%630

Weslaco8.2 mi away

6%374

Alamo (in town)right here

6%368

Mission13 mi away

4%267

Donna5.3 mi away

4%246

San Juan2.2 mi away

3%196

Houston299.6 mi away

2%162

San Antonio228.1 mi away

2%135

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%1,858

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

How far

How far Alamo commutes

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

64%

11%

21%

64%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alamo is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Alamo are

3,787 jobs are based in Alamo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Alamo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Alamo

3,787 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Alamo residents hold

6,643 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month40%

+33%

Jobs based in Alamo, 2013 → 2023: 2,840 → 3,787. 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.