Work & commute · La Joya

Work & commute in La Joya, TX

About one in 5 of La Joya’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are McAllen (15%), Mission (11%) and Edinburg (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

279 of 1,423 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 1,144 La Joya residents head out of town to work, 279 work right here, and 3,937 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Joya.

1,144live here, work elsewhere

279live and work here

3,937work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where La Joya goes to work

La Joya (in town)right here

20%279

McAllen14.4 mi away

15%212

Mission10 mi away

11%156

Edinburg20.3 mi away

7%101

Pharr18.6 mi away

4%64

Palmview6.1 mi away

3%45

Harlingen48.4 mi away

3%39

Penitas2.3 mi away

2%34

Houston307.9 mi away

2%29

Brownsville64.4 mi away

2%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%438

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

How far

How far La Joya commutes

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

33%

39%

22%

33%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

La Joya is a job hub

2.96jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in La Joya are

4,216 jobs are based in La Joya. Here is what they are, next to the jobs La Joya’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in La Joya

4,216 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)99%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs La Joya residents hold

1,423 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month40%

+1717%

Jobs based in La Joya, 2013 → 2023: 232 → 4,216. 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.