Work & commute · César Chávez

Work & commute in César Chávez, TX

Most working residents leave César Chávez for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Edinburg (27%), McAllen (21%) and Pharr (7%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 603 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 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 601 César Chávez residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 61 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in César Chávez.

601live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

61work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where César Chávez goes to work

Edinburg2.6 mi away

27%162

McAllen10.2 mi away

21%124

Pharr11.4 mi away

7%44

Weslaco12.9 mi away

4%27

Harlingen27 mi away

3%19

Houston291.9 mi away

3%16

Brownsville45 mi away

2%14

Mission15.1 mi away

2%13

San Juan8.8 mi away

2%10

Alamo9 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%166

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

How far

How far César Chávez commutes

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

54%

21%

18%

54%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

César Chávez is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in César Chávez are

63 jobs are based in César Chávez. Here is what they are, next to the jobs César Chávez’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in César Chávez

63 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs César Chávez residents hold

603 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−27%

Jobs based in César Chávez, 2013 → 2023: 86 → 63. 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.