Work & commute · Hemphill

Work & commute in Hemphill, TX

About one in 4 of Hemphill’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Houston (6%), Jasper (4%) and Lufkin (4%). Half commute less than 47 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

74 of 315 working residents

Typical commute

47 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 241 Hemphill residents head out of town to work, 74 work right here, and 936 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hemphill.

241live here, work elsewhere

74live and work here

936work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hemphill goes to work

Hemphill (in town)right here

23%74

Houston141.2 mi away

6%20

Jasper30.2 mi away

4%13

Lufkin51.8 mi away

4%12

Beaumont88.7 mi away

4%12

Pineland9.8 mi away

3%8

San Augustine20 mi away

3%8

Center36.6 mi away

1%4

Austin242.5 mi away

1%4

Dallas197.9 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%156

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

How far

How far Hemphill commutes

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

35%

13%

48%

35%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

48%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hemphill is a job hub

3.21jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Hemphill are

1,010 jobs are based in Hemphill. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hemphill’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hemphill

1,010 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Hemphill residents hold

315 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+78%

Jobs based in Hemphill, 2013 → 2023: 568 → 1,010. 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.