Work & commute · Pharr

Work & commute in Pharr, TX

About one in 5 of Pharr’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are McAllen (24%), Edinburg (10%) and Mission (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

5,355 of 26,581 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 21,226 Pharr residents head out of town to work, 5,355 work right here, and 25,595 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pharr.

21,226live here, work elsewhere

5,355live and work here

25,595work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pharr goes to work

McAllen5.3 mi away

24%6,426

Pharr (in town)right here

20%5,355

Edinburg11 mi away

10%2,623

Mission8.6 mi away

5%1,437

Weslaco12.8 mi away

3%806

San Juan3.2 mi away

2%659

Houston303.2 mi away

2%594

Harlingen30.8 mi away

2%561

Brownsville45.9 mi away

2%549

Hidalgo5 mi away

2%509

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%7,062

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

How far

How far Pharr commutes

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

64%

10%

20%

64%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pharr is balanced between jobs and homes

1.16jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.16 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pharr are

30,950 jobs are based in Pharr. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pharr’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pharr

30,950 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Pharr residents hold

26,581 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month41%

+28%

Jobs based in Pharr, 2013 → 2023: 24,089 → 30,950. 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.