Work & commute · Progreso

Work & commute in Progreso, TX

Most working residents leave Progreso for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Weslaco (18%), McAllen (10%) and Harlingen (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31 of 1,449 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,418 Progreso residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 263 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Progreso.

1,418live here, work elsewhere

31live and work here

263work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Progreso goes to work

Weslaco4.8 mi away

18%255

McAllen20 mi away

10%142

Harlingen17.4 mi away

7%95

Edinburg19.6 mi away

6%85

Mercedes4.8 mi away

6%81

Pharr15.4 mi away

4%61

Donna6.7 mi away

4%57

Brownsville30.5 mi away

4%53

Mission24 mi away

3%43

Houston299.2 mi away

2%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%542

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

How far

How far Progreso commutes

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

34%

38%

22%

34%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Progreso is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Progreso are

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

Jobs based in Progreso

294 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month53%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Progreso residents hold

1,449 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month39%

+68%

Jobs based in Progreso, 2013 → 2023: 175 → 294. 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.