Work & commute · San Benito

Work & commute in San Benito, TX

Most working residents leave San Benito for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Harlingen (28%), Brownsville (13%) and McAllen (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

1,246 of 8,694 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,448 San Benito residents head out of town to work, 1,246 work right here, and 6,620 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in San Benito.

7,448live here, work elsewhere

1,246live and work here

6,620work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where San Benito goes to work

Harlingen5.4 mi away

28%2,411

San Benito (in town)right here

14%1,246

Brownsville14 mi away

13%1,150

McAllen37.9 mi away

3%294

Weslaco21.4 mi away

3%223

Edinburg34.2 mi away

3%221

San Antonio236.5 mi away

2%211

Houston287.7 mi away

2%210

Corpus Christi115.9 mi away

2%155

Los Fresnos10.4 mi away

2%132

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%2,441

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

How far

How far San Benito commutes

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

47%

21%

12%

20%

47%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

San Benito is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in San Benito are

7,866 jobs are based in San Benito. Here is what they are, next to the jobs San Benito’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in San Benito

7,866 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs San Benito residents hold

8,694 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month39%

+17%

Jobs based in San Benito, 2013 → 2023: 6,736 → 7,866. 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.