Work & commute · Scissors

Work & commute in Scissors, TX

Most working residents leave Scissors for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are McAllen (13%), Weslaco (13%) and Donna (11%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 1,243 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 1,243 Scissors residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Scissors.

1,243live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

5work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Scissors goes to work

McAllen13.8 mi away

13%167

Weslaco4.2 mi away

13%164

Donna2.2 mi away

11%134

Pharr9.3 mi away

8%99

Edinburg14.4 mi away

8%95

Harlingen22.1 mi away

4%50

Mission17.9 mi away

3%43

Houston300 mi away

3%40

Brownsville36.6 mi away

3%36

Corpus Christi124.3 mi away

2%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%392

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

How far

How far Scissors commutes

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

37%

21%

37%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Scissors is a commuter town

0.00jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Scissors are

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

Jobs based in Scissors

5 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)80%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month80%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Scissors residents hold

1,243 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month39%

−44%

Jobs based in Scissors, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 5. 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.