Work & commute · Hawley

Work & commute in Hawley, TX

Most working residents leave Hawley for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Abilene (41%), Anson (4%) and Fort Worth (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 209 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 191 Hawley residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 233 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hawley.

191live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

233work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hawley goes to work

Abilene11.3 mi away

41%85

Hawley (in town)right here

9%18

Anson11.4 mi away

4%9

Fort Worth143.6 mi away

4%8

San Angelo88.8 mi away

2%5

Austin200.3 mi away

2%4

Houston325.9 mi away

2%4

Merkel15.1 mi away

1%3

Wichita Falls116.5 mi away

1%3

Dallas177.4 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%67

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

How far

How far Hawley commutes

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

15%

47%

33%

15%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hawley is balanced between jobs and homes

1.20jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.20 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hawley are

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

Jobs based in Hawley

251 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Hawley residents hold

209 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+8%

Jobs based in Hawley, 2013 → 2023: 233 → 251. 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.