Work & commute · Hidalgo

Work & commute in Hidalgo, TX

Most working residents leave Hidalgo for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are McAllen (26%), Pharr (17%) and Edinburg (7%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

527 of 5,274 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 4,747 Hidalgo residents head out of town to work, 527 work right here, and 3,437 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hidalgo.

4,747live here, work elsewhere

527live and work here

3,437work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hidalgo goes to work

McAllen8 mi away

26%1,358

Pharr5 mi away

17%885

Hidalgo (in town)right here

10%527

Edinburg15.6 mi away

7%358

Mission8.2 mi away

6%335

Weslaco16.4 mi away

3%143

Harlingen34.5 mi away

3%133

San Juan8.1 mi away

2%114

Houston308.1 mi away

2%114

Brownsville48.2 mi away

2%111

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%1,196

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

How far

How far Hidalgo commutes

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

59%

18%

17%

59%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hidalgo is balanced between jobs and homes

0.75jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.75 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hidalgo are

3,964 jobs are based in Hidalgo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hidalgo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hidalgo

3,964 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Hidalgo residents hold

5,274 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month38%

−38%

Jobs based in Hidalgo, 2013 → 2023: 6,407 → 3,964. 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.