Work & commute · Edinburg

Work & commute in Edinburg, TX

About one in 3 of Edinburg’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are McAllen (22%), Pharr (8%) and Mission (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

10,779 of 36,373 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 25,594 Edinburg residents head out of town to work, 10,779 work right here, and 35,300 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Edinburg.

25,594live here, work elsewhere

10,779live and work here

35,300work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Edinburg goes to work

Edinburg (in town)right here

30%10,779

McAllen8.6 mi away

22%7,949

Pharr11 mi away

8%2,799

Mission13.3 mi away

4%1,483

Weslaco15 mi away

3%981

Houston292.9 mi away

2%864

Harlingen29.6 mi away

2%803

San Antonio218.4 mi away

2%629

Brownsville47.5 mi away

2%575

San Juan8.9 mi away

1%474

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%9,037

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

How far

How far Edinburg commutes

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

61%

15%

20%

61%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Edinburg is balanced between jobs and homes

1.27jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.27 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Edinburg are

46,079 jobs are based in Edinburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Edinburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Edinburg

46,079 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Edinburg residents hold

36,373 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+28%

Jobs based in Edinburg, 2013 → 2023: 36,080 → 46,079. 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.