Work & commute · Progreso Lakes

Work & commute in Progreso Lakes, TX

Most working residents leave Progreso Lakes for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Weslaco (20%), McAllen (9%) and Brownsville (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 85 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 84 Progreso Lakes residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 67 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Progreso Lakes.

84live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

67work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Progreso Lakes goes to work

Weslaco6.5 mi away

20%17

McAllen20.7 mi away

9%8

Brownsville30.3 mi away

6%5

Donna7.9 mi away

4%3

Mercedes6.6 mi away

4%3

Pharr15.9 mi away

4%3

Mission24.5 mi away

4%3

San Antonio237 mi away

4%3

Elsa15.9 mi away

2%2

Leon Valley240.1 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%36

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

How far

How far Progreso Lakes commutes

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

34%

32%

27%

34%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Progreso Lakes is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Progreso Lakes are

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

Jobs based in Progreso Lakes

68 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities75%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month59%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Progreso Lakes residents hold

85 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+113%

Jobs based in Progreso Lakes, 2013 → 2023: 32 → 68. 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.