Work & commute · Hearne

Work & commute in Hearne, TX

Most working residents leave Hearne for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Bryan (13%), Houston (10%) and College Station (8%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

382 of 2,169 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 1,787 Hearne residents head out of town to work, 382 work right here, and 1,311 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hearne.

1,787live here, work elsewhere

382live and work here

1,311work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hearne goes to work

Hearne (in town)right here

18%382

Bryan19.3 mi away

13%283

Houston104.2 mi away

10%219

College Station26.9 mi away

8%164

Austin79.7 mi away

5%109

Waco58.7 mi away

1%31

Temple49.6 mi away

1%30

Franklin12.1 mi away

1%27

Conroe76.1 mi away

1%23

San Antonio151.1 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%879

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

How far

How far Hearne commutes

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

21%

25%

46%

21%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

46%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hearne is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hearne are

1,693 jobs are based in Hearne. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hearne’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hearne

1,693 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities51%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Hearne residents hold

2,169 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+67%

Jobs based in Hearne, 2013 → 2023: 1,015 → 1,693. 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.