Work & commute · Valle Vista

Work & commute in Valle Vista, TX

Most working residents leave Valle Vista for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Rio Grande City (15%), McAllen (12%) and Mission (8%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 172 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 171 Valle Vista residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Valle Vista.

171live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

14work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Valle Vista goes to work

Rio Grande City11.3 mi away

15%26

McAllen26.1 mi away

12%21

Mission21.8 mi away

8%13

Laredo100.2 mi away

6%11

Edinburg31 mi away

5%8

San Antonio217.6 mi away

4%7

Pharr30.4 mi away

3%6

Weslaco42.7 mi away

2%4

Harlingen59.9 mi away

2%4

Brownsville76.2 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%68

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

How far

How far Valle Vista commutes

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

30%

26%

36%

8%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Valle Vista is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Valle Vista are

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

Jobs based in Valle Vista

15 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities100%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less47%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month7%

Jobs Valle Vista residents hold

172 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month41%

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.