Work & commute · Hartley

Work & commute in Hartley, TX

Most working residents leave Hartley for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Dalhart (26%), Dumas (3%) and Amarillo (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 133 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 131 Hartley residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 148 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hartley.

131live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

148work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hartley goes to work

Dalhart12.8 mi away

26%35

Dumas24.3 mi away

3%4

Amarillo57.8 mi away

3%4

Lubbock164 mi away

3%4

Cactus24 mi away

2%2

Hereford74.3 mi away

2%2

Childress156.4 mi away

2%2

Dallas386.1 mi away

2%2

Hartley (in town)right here

2%2

Rocky Ford, CO165.7 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%75

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

How far

How far Hartley commutes

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

14%

52%

28%

14%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hartley is balanced between jobs and homes

1.13jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hartley are

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

Jobs based in Hartley

150 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Hartley residents hold

133 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+178%

Jobs based in Hartley, 2013 → 2023: 54 → 150. 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.