Work & commute · Hempstead

Work & commute in Hempstead, TX

Most working residents leave Hempstead for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (28%), Brenham (4%) and Prairie View (3%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

211 of 2,462 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 2,251 Hempstead residents head out of town to work, 211 work right here, and 1,176 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hempstead.

2,251live here, work elsewhere

211live and work here

1,176work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hempstead goes to work

Houston46.6 mi away

28%693

Hempstead (in town)right here

9%211

Brenham19.5 mi away

4%92

Prairie View6.1 mi away

3%84

Katy25.7 mi away

2%42

Austin101.1 mi away

2%39

College Station35.9 mi away

2%38

Waller8.9 mi away

1%34

The Woodlands34.2 mi away

1%32

Pine Island4.4 mi away

1%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%1,169

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

How far

How far Hempstead commutes

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

19%

16%

45%

21%

19%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

45%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hempstead is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.56 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Hempstead are

1,387 jobs are based in Hempstead. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hempstead’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hempstead

1,387 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Hempstead residents hold

2,462 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+2%

Jobs based in Hempstead, 2013 → 2023: 1,358 → 1,387. 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.