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Work & commute · Elsa

Work & commute in Elsa, TX

Most working residents leave Elsa for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Edinburg (11%), McAllen (9%) and Weslaco (8%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
49 of 1,158 working residents
Typical commute
16 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
13 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
5%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,109 Elsa residents head out of town to work, 49 work right here, and 2,228 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elsa.

1,109live here, work elsewhere
49live and work here
2,228work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Elsa goes to work

EdcouchElsaDonnaSan JuanWeslacoPharrMissionHarlingenCorpus ChristiSan AntonioHoustonEdinburgMcAllenBrownsvilleEdinburgMcAllenWeslacoPharrEdcouchHarlingenCorpus ChristiSan AntonioHoustonElsa
1
Edinburg10 mi away
11%132
2
McAllen16.4 mi away
9%109
3
Weslaco9.5 mi away
8%88
4
Pharr15.5 mi away
6%70
5
Edcouch1.9 mi away
5%57
6
Elsa (in town)right here
4%49
7
Harlingen19.8 mi away
4%45
8
Corpus Christi112.6 mi away
3%34
9
San Antonio221.1 mi away
3%34
10
Houston288.6 mi away
3%34
Everywhere elseother towns and states
44%506

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

How far

How far Elsa commutes

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

22%Under 10 mi
40%10–24 mi
3%25–50 mi
35%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Elsa is a job hub

1.97jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elsa are

2,277 jobs are based in Elsa. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Elsa’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Elsa

2,277 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)23%
Trade, transport & utilities27%
Services (health, schools, offices…)50%
$1,250 a month or less24%
$1,251–$3,333 a month41%
Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Elsa residents hold

1,158 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)18%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)64%
$1,250 a month or less21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%
Over $3,333 a month43%
+128%

Jobs based in Elsa, 2013 → 2023: 998 → 2,277. 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.

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