Work & commute · Lyford

Work & commute in Lyford, TX

Most working residents leave Lyford for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Harlingen (15%), Raymondville (6%) and McAllen (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

68 of 623 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 555 Lyford residents head out of town to work, 68 work right here, and 433 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lyford.

555live here, work elsewhere

68live and work here

433work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lyford goes to work

Harlingen16.5 mi away

15%94

Lyford (in town)right here

11%68

Raymondville4.3 mi away

6%38

McAllen31.2 mi away

5%31

San Benito21.7 mi away

4%28

Corpus Christi100 mi away

4%27

Brownsville35.1 mi away

4%25

Edinburg23.5 mi away

4%22

Houston275 mi away

3%21

Laredo131.2 mi away

3%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%251

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

How far

How far Lyford commutes

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

21%

31%

15%

33%

21%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lyford is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lyford are

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

Jobs based in Lyford

501 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Lyford residents hold

623 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+15%

Jobs based in Lyford, 2013 → 2023: 434 → 501. 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.