Work & commute · Harker Heights

Work & commute in Harker Heights, TX

Most working residents leave Harker Heights for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Killeen (18%), Temple (10%) and Austin (10%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

923 of 10,904 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 9,981 Harker Heights residents head out of town to work, 923 work right here, and 5,992 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harker Heights.

9,981live here, work elsewhere

923live and work here

5,992work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harker Heights goes to work

Killeen5.4 mi away

18%1,918

Temple15.5 mi away

10%1,118

Austin52.8 mi away

10%1,100

Harker Heights (in town)right here

8%923

Belton9.8 mi away

5%504

San Antonio122 mi away

4%399

Copperas Cove16.5 mi away

3%326

Houston160.5 mi away

2%262

Waco43.8 mi away

2%256

Dallas130.6 mi away

2%222

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%3,876

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

How far

How far Harker Heights commutes

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

29%

21%

14%

36%

29%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harker Heights is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Harker Heights are

6,915 jobs are based in Harker Heights. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Harker Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Harker Heights

6,915 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Harker Heights residents hold

10,904 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+23%

Jobs based in Harker Heights, 2013 → 2023: 5,606 → 6,915. 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.