Work & commute · Palmview

Work & commute in Palmview, TX

Most working residents leave Palmview for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are McAllen (21%), Mission (14%) and Edinburg (10%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

218 of 5,214 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 4,996 Palmview residents head out of town to work, 218 work right here, and 2,483 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Palmview.

4,996live here, work elsewhere

218live and work here

2,483work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Palmview goes to work

McAllen8.4 mi away

21%1,121

Mission4 mi away

14%739

Edinburg15.3 mi away

10%523

La Joya6.1 mi away

8%439

Pharr12.6 mi away

5%275

Palmview (in town)right here

4%218

Houston305.9 mi away

2%112

San Antonio223.4 mi away

2%93

Brownsville58.4 mi away

2%91

Harlingen42.5 mi away

2%83

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%1,520

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

How far

How far Palmview commutes

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

45%

29%

21%

45%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Palmview is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Palmview are

2,701 jobs are based in Palmview. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Palmview’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Palmview

2,701 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month24%

Jobs Palmview residents hold

5,214 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month38%

+101%

Jobs based in Palmview, 2013 → 2023: 1,344 → 2,701. 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.