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Jobs & commute in Villa Pancho

Brownsville draws more than half of Villa Pancho’s working residents

Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Texas as a whole has 14%. A typical one-way commute lasts 17 minutes, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. Employers in Villa Pancho report 1 jobs, and 91 of its residents work somewhere.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

A workday in Villa Pancho: who goes, who stays, who comes

On a workday 91 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.

91live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
1work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night290
Workday200
290live here− 91head out to work+ 1come in to work= 200on a workday

About 200 people are in Villa Pancho on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.01jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where people from Villa Pancho work

Grand Island: 1 residents work here (1%)Santa Rosa: 1 residents work here (1%)South Padre Island: 1 residents work here (1%)Raymondville: 1 residents work here (1%)Harlingen: 4 residents work here (4%)Corpus Christi: 2 residents work here (2%)Houston: 2 residents work here (2%)Edinburg: 3 residents work here (3%)McAllen: 4 residents work here (4%)Brownsville: 51 residents work here (56%)Villa PanchoBrownsvilleHarlingenMcAllenEdinburgCorpus ChristiHoustonVilla Pancho
1
Brownsville8.3 mi away
56%51
2
Harlingen27.5 mi away
4%4
3
McAllen56.7 mi away
4%4
4
Edinburg54.7 mi away
3%3
5
Corpus Christi130.1 mi away
2%2
6
Houston296.6 mi away
2%2
7
Grand Island, NE1040.4 mi away
1%1
8
Santa Rosa36.1 mi away
1%1
9
South Padre Island22.3 mi away
1%1
10
Raymondville46.6 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
23%21
The top trips

Where Villa Pancho clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

In Villa Pancho, 100% of jobs are in factories, building or farming

Jobs based in Villa PanchoJobs Villa Pancho residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%15%
Trade, transport & utilities0%16%
Services: health, schools, offices0%68%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month100%40%
Over $3,333 a month0%41%

Who does it

29 or younger0%20%
30 to 540%51%
55 and older100%30%
−99%

Jobs based in Villa Pancho, 2014 → 2024: 130 → 1. 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 2024.

Here is what they are, next to the jobs Villa Pancho’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Commuting from Villa Pancho: about 17 minutes a trip

A year of commuting
128 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Villa Pancho17 min
Texas27 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Villa Pancho workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Villa Pancho gets to work
71%Drive alone
20%Carpool
9%Other

Share of the 153 commuters (the 0% 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.

How far

Close to home or a long way: work trips from Villa Pancho

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miBrownsville: 56% · 8.3 miHarlingen: 4% · 27.5 miMcAllen: 4% · 56.7 miEdinburg: 3% · 54.7 miCorpus Christi: 2% · 130.1 miHouston: 2% · 296.6 miGrand Island: 1% · 1040.4 miSanta Rosa: 1% · 36.1 miSouth Padre Island: 1% · 22.3 miRaymondville: 1% · 46.6 miBrownsville 56%Harlingen 4%Edinburg 3%Corpus Christi 2%Villa Pancho
Villa PanchoTop destinations (size = commuters)
60%Under 10 mi53 residents
11%10–24 mi10 residents
9%25–50 mi8 residents
20%Over 50 mi18 residents

About 20% 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 2024.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

Next door

Next door is work for 56% of Villa Pancho

Jobs & commute next door

TownVilla Pancho workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Villa Pancho–——17 min$49,432
Brownsville56%C−B−21 min$52,130

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

The biggest share goes to Brownsville. Darker towns draw more of Villa Pancho’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Villa Pancho: questions

What is the median household income in Villa Pancho?

$49,432 (±$32,324) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Villa Pancho?

0.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Villa Pancho?

17 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Villa Pancho work?

0% work in town.

Can you get around Villa Pancho without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Villa Pancho, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Villa Pancho

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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.