Linn has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Commuters spend 24 minutes getting to work on average; Texas averages 27, the U.S. 26. Employers in Linn report 50 jobs, and 213 of its residents work somewhere. Only 6% stay in Linn for work; outside it, Edinburg is the main destination (24%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Linn: the figures worth knowing
Who works in Linn, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 201 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere.
About 640 people are in Linn on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Linn to work: where people go
Where Linn clocks in
24% of workers
14% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Making and building: 72% of jobs based in Linn
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Linn, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 50. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Linn’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Linn: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Linn workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 304 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Linn, by distance
About 24% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Linn: questions
What is the median household income in Linn?
$69,821 (±$32,447) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Linn?
23.3%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Linn?
24 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Linn work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Edinburg (24%, 17 mi), McAllen (14%, 25 mi), Mission (5%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Linn without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Linn, from the people who make the trip.
More of Linn
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.