Work & commute · Olmito

Work & commute in Olmito, TX

Most working residents leave Olmito for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Brownsville (45%), Harlingen (8%) and McAllen (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 363 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 361 Olmito residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Olmito.

361live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

41work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Olmito goes to work

Brownsville4.5 mi away

45%162

Harlingen14.9 mi away

8%28

McAllen45.9 mi away

6%22

San Benito9.5 mi away

5%17

Los Fresnos4.6 mi away

3%10

Edinburg43 mi away

2%9

San Antonio244.9 mi away

2%8

Rancho Viejo1.1 mi away

2%6

Pharr41.6 mi away

2%6

Austin295.4 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%89

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

How far

How far Olmito commutes

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

55%

13%

19%

55%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Olmito is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Olmito are

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

Jobs based in Olmito

43 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month56%

Over $3,333 a month21%

Jobs Olmito residents hold

363 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+514%

Jobs based in Olmito, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 43. 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.