Work & commute · Hungerford

Work & commute in Hungerford, TX

Most working residents leave Hungerford for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (21%), East Bernard (13%) and Sugar Land (6%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 175 working residents

Typical commute

39 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 167 Hungerford residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 308 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hungerford.

167live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

308work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hungerford goes to work

Houston49.6 mi away

21%36

East Bernard8.3 mi away

13%22

Sugar Land30.6 mi away

6%11

Wharton6.2 mi away

5%9

Rosenberg18.8 mi away

5%8

Hungerford (in town)right here

5%8

Victoria67.2 mi away

3%5

El Campo18 mi away

2%4

San Antonio146.5 mi away

2%4

Pasadena59 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%65

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

How far

How far Hungerford commutes

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

24%

12%

29%

35%

24%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hungerford is a job hub

1.81jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hungerford are

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

Jobs based in Hungerford

316 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)11%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Hungerford residents hold

175 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+1875%

Jobs based in Hungerford, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 316. 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.