Work & commute · Hereford

Work & commute in Hereford, TX

About one in 4 of Hereford’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Amarillo (11%), Lubbock (3%) and Plainview (2%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

1,745 of 6,318 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 4,573 Hereford residents head out of town to work, 1,745 work right here, and 1,842 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hereford.

4,573live here, work elsewhere

1,745live and work here

1,842work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hereford goes to work

Hereford (in town)right here

28%1,745

Amarillo41.5 mi away

11%676

Lubbock91.9 mi away

3%165

Plainview58.2 mi away

2%122

Canyon29.6 mi away

1%57

Friona22.3 mi away

1%52

Dimmitt19.9 mi away

1%47

Dallas352.4 mi away

1%42

Dumas75.9 mi away

1%35

Clovis, NM52.4 mi away

0%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%3,348

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

How far

How far Hereford commutes

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

52%

19%

20%

52%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hereford is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hereford are

3,587 jobs are based in Hereford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hereford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hereford

3,587 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Hereford residents hold

6,318 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−3%

Jobs based in Hereford, 2013 → 2023: 3,680 → 3,587. 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.