Work & commute · La Paloma

Work & commute in La Paloma, TX

Most working residents leave La Paloma for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Brownsville (21%), Harlingen (20%) and San Benito (12%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 1,085 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,083 La Paloma residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Paloma.

1,083live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

16work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where La Paloma goes to work

Brownsville11.7 mi away

21%228

Harlingen10 mi away

20%213

San Benito5.4 mi away

12%127

Edinburg36 mi away

4%39

McAllen38.5 mi away

3%37

San Antonio241.6 mi away

3%29

Houston292.7 mi away

3%29

Los Fresnos10.5 mi away

2%19

Corpus Christi121.3 mi away

1%16

Weslaco21.9 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%333

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

How far

How far La Paloma commutes

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

27%

37%

15%

21%

27%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

La Paloma 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 La Paloma are

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

Jobs based in La Paloma

18 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities67%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less39%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month11%

Jobs La Paloma residents hold

1,085 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month39%

+100%

Jobs based in La Paloma, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 18. 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.