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Work & commute · Monte Alto

Work & commute in Monte Alto, TX

Most working residents leave Monte Alto for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are McAllen (10%), Edinburg (10%) and Weslaco (8%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
14 of 444 working residents
Typical commute
18 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
22 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
4%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 430 Monte Alto residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 270 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Monte Alto.

430live here, work elsewhere
14live and work here
270work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Monte Alto goes to work

La VillaElsaRaymondvilleMercedesSan JuanWeslacoPharrHarlingenSan AntonioHoustonEdinburgMcAllenMonte AltoMila DoceMcAllenEdinburgWeslacoLa VillaElsaHoustonHarlingenSan AntonioPharrMonte Alto
1
McAllen19.8 mi away
10%46
2
Edinburg11.8 mi away
10%45
3
Weslaco14.8 mi away
8%34
4
La Villa6.1 mi away
5%22
5
Elsa5.4 mi away
5%22
6
Houston283.5 mi away
4%19
7
Harlingen21.2 mi away
4%16
8
San Antonio216 mi away
4%16
9
Pharr20 mi away
3%15
10
Monte Alto (in town)right here
3%14
Everywhere elseother towns and states
44%195

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

How far

How far Monte Alto commutes

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

19%Under 10 mi
47%10–24 mi
5%25–50 mi
29%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Monte Alto is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Monte Alto are

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

Jobs based in Monte Alto

284 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)48%
Trade, transport & utilities4%
Services (health, schools, offices…)49%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month45%
Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Monte Alto residents hold

444 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)19%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)61%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month40%
Over $3,333 a month42%
−29%

Jobs based in Monte Alto, 2013 → 2023: 399 → 284. 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.

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