Photo: Excel23 · CC BY-SA 3.0Jacksonville draws about half of Hilliard’s working residents
Only 5% work in Hilliard; the top destination outside it is Jacksonville (45%, 29 miles). Jobs and income earn Hilliard C−; getting around on foot earns it C. Poverty touches 25.2% of residents (Florida 12.6%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Hilliard: the gist
Jobs in Hilliard have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Hilliard went from 306 in 2013 to 689 in 2023, +125%. The jobs ↓
Nearly half of Hilliard works in Jacksonville
646 working residents, 45%, have their main job in Jacksonville, 29 miles away. That’s 9 times as many as work in Hilliard itself. The commute map ↓
Hilliard workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The figures behind Hilliard’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hilliard is better than 22% of U.S. towns, #556 of 638 in Florida. Unemployment holds Hilliard’s grade up (2.6%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 4% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hilliard could be anywhere from D to B−.
Jobs in Hilliard: what the 689 are
689 jobs are based in Hilliard.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hilliard, 2013 → 2023: 306 → 689. 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 Hilliard’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where people from Hilliard work
Where Hilliard clocks in
45% of workers
7% of workers
2% 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.
Commuting from Hilliard: about 33 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hilliard workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,144 commuters (the 15% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The daily commute in and out of Hilliard
On a workday 1,374 residents head out to work, 77 work right here, and 612 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Hilliard on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
0.47 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Near or far: the trip to work from Hilliard
About 22% 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.
In Hilliard, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hilliard is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns, #549 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Hilliard near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,339 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.1% of Hilliard households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hilliard’s commuters take a bus or train.
3,621st of 4,698: where Hilliard ranks among U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 71 | Geneva FL | 3,441 | $133K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| 72 | Windermere FL | 3,344 | $178K | 1.3% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 104 | Pelican Marsh FL | 2,617 | $143K | 2.7% | 1.5% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,619 | Mason Township MI | 2,874 | $60K | 22.0% | 6.8% | 2% | C− |
| 3,620 | Gaines NY | 3,301 | $57K | 10.6% | 7.5% | 3% | C− |
| 3,621 | Hilliard FL | 3,161 | $65K | 25.2% | 2.6% | 5% | C− |
| 3,622 | Wellsboro PA | 3,393 | $66K | 9.3% | 6.8% | 32% | C− |
| 3,623 | Pierce Township IN | 2,559 | $57K | 14.2% | 5.7% | 1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,698 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Hilliard, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
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 Hilliard: questions
What is the median household income in Hilliard?
$65,096 (±$16,050) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hilliard?
25.2%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hilliard?
33 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hilliard work?
5% work in town.
Is Hilliard walkable?
Hilliard is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hilliard without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hilliard, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hilliard
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.