Work & commute · Palm Valley

Work & commute in Palm Valley, TX

Most working residents leave Palm Valley for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Harlingen (39%), Brownsville (9%) and Houston (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 504 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 496 Palm Valley residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 343 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Palm Valley.

496live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

343work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Palm Valley goes to work

Harlingen3.6 mi away

39%199

Brownsville22.6 mi away

9%43

Houston286.4 mi away

4%21

Weslaco14.8 mi away

4%20

San Antonio230 mi away

3%17

Edinburg26 mi away

3%14

San Benito8.6 mi away

3%13

McAllen30.5 mi away

2%11

Pharr27.4 mi away

2%10

Austin282.9 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%147

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

How far

How far Palm Valley commutes

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

46%

15%

13%

26%

46%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Palm Valley is a commuter town

0.70jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Palm Valley are

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

Jobs based in Palm Valley

351 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)96%

$1,250 a month or less46%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month21%

Jobs Palm Valley residents hold

504 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+34%

Jobs based in Palm Valley, 2013 → 2023: 262 → 351. 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.