Jobs and earnings in Progreso Lakes, and the trip to work
Employers in Progreso Lakes report 68 jobs, against 85 working residents. Only 1% stay in Progreso Lakes for work; outside it, Weslaco is the main destination (20%, 6 miles). Working residents average 33 minutes each way (Texas 27, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Progreso Lakes
On a workday 84 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 67 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The places Progreso Lakes commutes to
Where Progreso Lakes clocks in
20% of workers
9% of workers
6% 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.
What Progreso Lakes’ employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Progreso Lakes, 2013 → 2023: 32 → 68. 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 Progreso Lakes’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Progreso Lakes: about 33 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Progreso Lakes workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 85 commuters (the 15% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Progreso Lakes
About 27% 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 Progreso Lakes: questions
What is the median household income in Progreso Lakes?
$82,917 (±$29,215) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Progreso Lakes?
0.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Progreso Lakes?
33 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Progreso Lakes work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Weslaco (20%, 6 mi), McAllen (9%, 21 mi), Brownsville (6%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Progreso Lakes without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Progreso Lakes, from the people who make the trip.
More of Progreso Lakes
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.