Work means Amarillo for more than half of Bishop Hills’ working residents
Hardly any stay in Bishop Hills for work; outside it, Amarillo is the main destination (51%, 8 miles). Working residents average 25 minutes each way (Texas 27, U.S. 26). There are 23 jobs in Bishop Hills, against 82 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Bishop Hills
On a workday 82 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Bishop Hills on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
0.28 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 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Bishop Hills: the destinations
Where Bishop Hills clocks in
51% of workers
5% of workers
1% 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.
What Bishop Hills’ employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bishop Hills, 2014 → 2024: 21 → 23. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bishop Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Bishop Hills: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bishop Hills workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 59 commuters (the 16% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 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.
How far Bishop Hills’ workers travel
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
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 2024, 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 Bishop Hills: questions
What is the median household income in Bishop Hills?
$112,813 (±$45,899) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bishop Hills?
1.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bishop Hills?
25 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bishop Hills work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Bishop Hills without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bishop Hills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bishop Hills
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.