Work & commute · Roma

Work & commute in Roma, TX

About one in 5 of Roma’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Rio Grande City (11%), McAllen (8%) and Edinburg (5%). Half commute less than 49 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

733 of 3,355 working residents

Typical commute

49 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,622 Roma residents head out of town to work, 733 work right here, and 1,370 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Roma.

2,622live here, work elsewhere

733live and work here

1,370work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Roma goes to work

Roma (in town)right here

22%733

Rio Grande City11.4 mi away

11%377

McAllen48.6 mi away

8%272

Edinburg52.9 mi away

5%182

Laredo84.9 mi away

4%132

Houston320.7 mi away

3%99

Corpus Christi145.8 mi away

3%92

Mission44.3 mi away

2%80

Pharr52.9 mi away

2%79

Weslaco65.2 mi away

2%76

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%1,233

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

How far

How far Roma commutes

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

28%

11%

14%

47%

28%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

47%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Roma is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Roma are

2,103 jobs are based in Roma. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Roma’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Roma

2,103 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Roma residents hold

3,355 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month33%

+21%

Jobs based in Roma, 2013 → 2023: 1,732 → 2,103. 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.