Work & commute · Mesquite

Work & commute in Mesquite, TX

Most working residents leave Mesquite for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Roma (18%), McAllen (12%) and Edinburg (8%). Half commute less than 49 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 144 working residents

Typical commute

49 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 144 Mesquite residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mesquite.

144live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

11work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mesquite goes to work

Roma1.4 mi away

18%26

McAllen47.1 mi away

12%17

Edinburg51.6 mi away

8%12

Rio Grande City10 mi away

7%10

Laredo85.9 mi away

4%6

Corpus Christi145.2 mi away

3%4

Alton42.2 mi away

2%3

San Juan53.4 mi away

2%3

Mission42.9 mi away

2%3

Houston320.2 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%57

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

How far

How far Mesquite commutes

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

23%

10%

25%

41%

23%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mesquite is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mesquite are

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

Jobs based in Mesquite

11 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities100%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less82%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Mesquite residents hold

144 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month31%

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.