Work & commute · La Feria

Work & commute in La Feria, TX

Most working residents leave La Feria for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Harlingen (26%), Weslaco (8%) and Brownsville (8%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

109 of 2,231 working residents

Typical commute

12 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 2,122 La Feria residents head out of town to work, 109 work right here, and 1,624 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Feria.

2,122live here, work elsewhere

109live and work here

1,624work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where La Feria goes to work

Harlingen8.3 mi away

26%591

Weslaco10.1 mi away

8%188

Brownsville24.3 mi away

8%179

La Feria (in town)right here

5%109

McAllen26.5 mi away

4%81

San Benito11.4 mi away

3%74

Mercedes5.5 mi away

3%69

Edinburg23.3 mi away

3%64

San Antonio232.5 mi away

2%55

Houston291.6 mi away

2%52

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%769

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

How far

How far La Feria commutes

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

39%

29%

11%

21%

39%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

La Feria is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in La Feria are

1,733 jobs are based in La Feria. Here is what they are, next to the jobs La Feria’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in La Feria

1,733 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs La Feria residents hold

2,231 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month41%

+63%

Jobs based in La Feria, 2013 → 2023: 1,062 → 1,733. 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.