Work & commute · North Alamo

Work & commute in North Alamo, TX

Most working residents leave North Alamo for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are McAllen (22%), Pharr (16%) and Edinburg (11%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 1,194 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,193 North Alamo residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 48 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Alamo.

1,193live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

48work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Alamo goes to work

McAllen7.4 mi away

22%257

Pharr5.5 mi away

16%186

Edinburg7.3 mi away

11%131

Mission12.3 mi away

4%50

Weslaco9.4 mi away

4%48

San Juan2.4 mi away

3%38

Alamo2.5 mi away

3%34

Harlingen26.7 mi away

3%34

Brownsville43 mi away

3%31

Houston297.8 mi away

3%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%355

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

How far

How far North Alamo commutes

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

62%

10%

21%

62%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Alamo is a commuter town

0.04jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North Alamo are

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

Jobs based in North Alamo

49 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs North Alamo residents hold

1,194 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month38%

−13%

Jobs based in North Alamo, 2013 → 2023: 56 → 49. 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.