How Hickman works: jobs, income and commuting
Only 2% work in Hickman itself; outside it, Modesto draws the most (16%, 14 miles). Commuters spend 30 minutes getting to work on average, where California has 29 and the U.S. 26. There are 165 jobs in Hickman, and 218 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Hickman on a workday afternoon
On a workday 214 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 161 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The places Hickman commutes to
Where Hickman clocks in
16% of workers
11% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
67% of the jobs in Hickman pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hickman, 2013 → 2023: 63 → 165. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hickman’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Hickman’s commute takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hickman workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 300 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Hickman’s workers travel
About 23% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Hickman: questions
What is the median household income in Hickman?
$76,979 (±$25,177) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hickman?
8.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hickman?
30 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hickman work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Modesto (16%, 14 mi), Turlock (11%, 10 mi), Ceres (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hickman without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hickman, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hickman
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.