Work & commute · San Juan

Work & commute in San Juan, TX

Most working residents leave San Juan for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are McAllen (24%), Pharr (20%) and Edinburg (11%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

609 of 12,471 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 11,862 San Juan residents head out of town to work, 609 work right here, and 5,621 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in San Juan.

11,862live here, work elsewhere

609live and work here

5,621work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where San Juan goes to work

McAllen6.3 mi away

24%2,977

Pharr3.2 mi away

20%2,530

Edinburg8.9 mi away

11%1,382

San Juan (in town)right here

5%609

Mission10.8 mi away

5%590

Weslaco10.4 mi away

4%474

Alamo2.2 mi away

2%254

Houston300.2 mi away

2%250

Harlingen28.2 mi away

2%211

Donna7.5 mi away

2%203

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%2,991

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

How far

How far San Juan commutes

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

69%

17%

69%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

San Juan is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in San Juan are

6,230 jobs are based in San Juan. Here is what they are, next to the jobs San Juan’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in San Juan

6,230 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs San Juan residents hold

12,471 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month42%

+72%

Jobs based in San Juan, 2013 → 2023: 3,612 → 6,230. 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.