Work & commute · La Puerta

Work & commute in La Puerta, TX

Most working residents leave La Puerta for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Rio Grande City (24%), McAllen (11%) and Pharr (5%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 164 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 163 La Puerta residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 88 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Puerta.

163live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

88work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where La Puerta goes to work

Rio Grande City5 mi away

24%40

McAllen32.4 mi away

11%18

Pharr36.7 mi away

5%8

Mission28.1 mi away

5%8

Laredo95.4 mi away

5%8

Austin279.7 mi away

3%5

Houston313.7 mi away

3%5

Edinburg37 mi away

3%5

Corpus Christi137.4 mi away

2%4

Brownsville82.5 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%59

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

How far

How far La Puerta commutes

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

30%

32%

30%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

La Puerta is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.54 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in La Puerta are

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

Jobs based in La Puerta

89 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)97%

$1,250 a month or less53%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month2%

Jobs La Puerta residents hold

164 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month34%

+1680%

Jobs based in La Puerta, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 89. 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.