Work & commute · Edcouch

Work & commute in Edcouch, TX

Most working residents leave Edcouch for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Edinburg (13%), McAllen (9%) and Weslaco (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

57 of 583 working residents

Typical commute

16 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 526 Edcouch residents head out of town to work, 57 work right here, and 911 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Edcouch.

526live here, work elsewhere

57live and work here

911work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Edcouch goes to work

Edinburg11.9 mi away

13%74

Edcouch (in town)right here

10%57

McAllen18.2 mi away

9%52

Weslaco9.3 mi away

7%40

Harlingen17.9 mi away

6%33

Pharr16.9 mi away

5%31

Houston287.8 mi away

4%24

Elsa1.9 mi away

3%18

Mission23.3 mi away

2%14

Brownsville36.6 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%226

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

How far

How far Edcouch commutes

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

25%

43%

28%

25%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Edcouch is a job hub

1.66jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Edcouch are

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

Jobs based in Edcouch

968 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)96%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Edcouch residents hold

583 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month36%

−24%

Jobs based in Edcouch, 2013 → 2023: 1,279 → 968. 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.