Work & commute · Mission

Work & commute in Mission, TX

About one in 5 of Mission’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are McAllen (26%), Edinburg (9%) and Pharr (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

6,306 of 29,523 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 23,217 Mission residents head out of town to work, 6,306 work right here, and 20,765 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mission.

23,217live here, work elsewhere

6,306live and work here

20,765work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mission goes to work

McAllen5.1 mi away

26%7,712

Mission (in town)right here

21%6,306

Edinburg13.3 mi away

9%2,695

Pharr8.6 mi away

6%1,812

La Joya10 mi away

3%877

Houston305.5 mi away

2%687

San Antonio225.5 mi away

2%497

Brownsville54.5 mi away

2%472

Harlingen38.9 mi away

1%401

Weslaco21.1 mi away

1%396

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%7,668

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

How far

How far Mission commutes

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

65%

12%

21%

65%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mission is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mission are

27,071 jobs are based in Mission. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mission’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mission

27,071 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Mission residents hold

29,523 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+7%

Jobs based in Mission, 2013 → 2023: 25,354 → 27,071. 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.