Work & commute · Donna

Work & commute in Donna, TX

Most working residents leave Donna for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are McAllen (17%), Weslaco (9%) and Edinburg (8%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

909 of 6,009 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 5,100 Donna residents head out of town to work, 909 work right here, and 5,497 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Donna.

5,100live here, work elsewhere

909live and work here

5,497work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Donna goes to work

McAllen13.8 mi away

17%999

Donna (in town)right here

15%909

Weslaco2.9 mi away

9%557

Edinburg13 mi away

8%480

Pharr9.9 mi away

7%445

Harlingen21 mi away

4%240

Mission18.3 mi away

3%209

Brownsville36.4 mi away

3%178

Houston297.8 mi away

2%133

San Antonio230 mi away

2%103

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%1,756

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

How far

How far Donna commutes

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

43%

33%

20%

43%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Donna is balanced between jobs and homes

1.07jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Donna are

6,406 jobs are based in Donna. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Donna’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Donna

6,406 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Donna residents hold

6,009 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 month40%

Over $3,333 a month39%

+35%

Jobs based in Donna, 2013 → 2023: 4,757 → 6,406. 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.