Work & commute · Hico

Work & commute in Hico, TX

Most working residents leave Hico for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Stephenville (9%), Austin (6%) and Hamilton (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

81 of 519 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 438 Hico residents head out of town to work, 81 work right here, and 314 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hico.

438live here, work elsewhere

81live and work here

314work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hico goes to work

Hico (in town)right here

16%81

Stephenville19.4 mi away

9%47

Austin117.6 mi away

6%32

Hamilton20.4 mi away

4%21

San Antonio176.7 mi away

3%16

Glen Rose24.4 mi away

2%8

Dallas92.4 mi away

2%8

Clifton29.6 mi away

1%6

Round Rock103.1 mi away

1%6

Meridian22.6 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%289

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

How far

How far Hico commutes

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

29%

24%

39%

29%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hico is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hico are

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

Jobs based in Hico

395 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Hico residents hold

519 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+23%

Jobs based in Hico, 2013 → 2023: 321 → 395. 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.