Work & commute · Combes

Work & commute in Combes, TX

Most working residents leave Combes for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Harlingen (43%), Brownsville (7%) and McAllen (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 1,078 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 1,072 Combes residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 343 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Combes.

1,072live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

343work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Combes goes to work

Harlingen4.2 mi away

43%461

Brownsville23.4 mi away

7%78

McAllen32.2 mi away

3%37

San Benito9.6 mi away

3%33

San Antonio227.5 mi away

3%29

Weslaco17.2 mi away

2%26

Houston283.1 mi away

2%24

Edinburg26.9 mi away

2%22

Rio Hondo9 mi away

2%21

Corpus Christi109.6 mi away

2%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%326

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

How far

How far Combes commutes

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

51%

13%

16%

20%

51%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Combes is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Combes are

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

Jobs based in Combes

349 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Combes residents hold

1,078 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−51%

Jobs based in Combes, 2013 → 2023: 708 → 349. 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.