Work & commute · Hilltop

Work & commute in Hilltop, TX

Most working residents leave Hilltop for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are San Antonio (16%), Dilley (12%) and Austin (10%). Half commute less than 72 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 83 working residents

Typical commute

72 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 81 Hilltop residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 93 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hilltop.

81live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

93work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hilltop goes to work

San Antonio66.1 mi away

16%13

Dilley1.8 mi away

12%10

Austin140 mi away

10%8

Laredo80.6 mi away

4%3

Pearsall14.6 mi away

2%2

Uvalde51.2 mi away

2%2

Corpus Christi138.1 mi away

2%2

Fort Worth302.6 mi away

2%2

Houston240.5 mi away

2%2

Hilltop (in town)right here

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%37

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

How far

How far Hilltop commutes

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

24%

66%

24%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

66%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hilltop is balanced between jobs and homes

1.14jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hilltop are

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

Jobs based in Hilltop

95 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities88%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Hilltop residents hold

83 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+197%

Jobs based in Hilltop, 2013 → 2023: 32 → 95. 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.