Work & commute · El Refugio

Work & commute in El Refugio, TX

Most working residents leave El Refugio for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Rio Grande City (20%), McAllen (10%) and Mission (6%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 126 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 126 El Refugio residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in El Refugio.

126live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

2work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where El Refugio goes to work

Rio Grande City4.8 mi away

20%25

McAllen32.8 mi away

10%12

Mission28.5 mi away

6%8

Pharr37.1 mi away

6%7

Laredo95.5 mi away

5%6

Brownsville82.9 mi away

4%5

Edinburg37.5 mi away

3%4

Roma15.8 mi away

2%3

Palmview24.6 mi away

2%3

Austin280.2 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%50

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

How far

How far El Refugio commutes

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

31%

29%

31%

31%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

El Refugio is a commuter town

0.02jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in El Refugio are

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

Jobs based in El Refugio

2 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month100%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs El Refugio residents hold

126 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month31%

−94%

Jobs based in El Refugio, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 2. 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.