Work & commute · Hedley

Work & commute in Hedley, TX

Most working residents leave Hedley for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Amarillo (21%), Clarendon (19%) and Lubbock (3%). Half commute less than 68 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 113 working residents

Typical commute

68 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

44 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 107 Hedley residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 134 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hedley.

107live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

134work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hedley goes to work

Amarillo70.1 mi away

21%24

Clarendon14.1 mi away

19%21

Hedley (in town)right here

5%6

Lubbock114.3 mi away

3%3

Canyon71.9 mi away

2%2

Borger68.9 mi away

2%2

Midland213.6 mi away

2%2

Lelia Lake6.5 mi away

2%2

Liberal, KS151.3 mi away

1%1

Texhoma, OK129.7 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%49

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

How far

How far Hedley commutes

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

15%

21%

57%

15%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

57%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hedley is balanced between jobs and homes

1.24jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hedley are

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

Jobs based in Hedley

140 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)98%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Hedley residents hold

113 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+100%

Jobs based in Hedley, 2013 → 2023: 70 → 140. 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.