Work & commute · Doffing

Work & commute in Doffing, TX

Most working residents leave Doffing for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are McAllen (19%), Mission (17%) and Edinburg (10%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32 of 1,487 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 1,455 Doffing residents head out of town to work, 32 work right here, and 525 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Doffing.

1,455live here, work elsewhere

32live and work here

525work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Doffing goes to work

McAllen9.4 mi away

19%289

Mission6.4 mi away

17%255

Edinburg14.6 mi away

10%152

Pharr14.3 mi away

5%72

La Joya5.7 mi away

4%66

Palmview3.3 mi away

3%44

Houston303.5 mi away

3%41

San Antonio220.2 mi away

2%33

Doffing (in town)right here

2%32

Corpus Christi126.3 mi away

2%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%473

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

How far

How far Doffing commutes

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

39%

33%

22%

39%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Doffing is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Doffing are

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

Jobs based in Doffing

557 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)64%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Doffing residents hold

1,487 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month36%

+77%

Jobs based in Doffing, 2013 → 2023: 315 → 557. 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.