Photo: Mr.Election · Public domainMost of Hackberry commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Hackberry report 347 jobs for 1,740 working residents. Hackberry grades B+ for jobs and income and C for walkability. Measured by household income, Hackberry is ahead of 83% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Hackberry
Home offices are common in Hackberry
27% of Hackberry workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Time on the road ↓
Hackberry is a place people come home to
There are 347 jobs based in Hackberry, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Hackberry has about 1,600 people in it, 47% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Hackberry’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Hackberry is Dallas, 26 miles away as the crow flies. 16% of working residents (283) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Hackberry workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 46 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.
What’s behind Hackberry’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hackberry is better than 74% of U.S. towns, #177 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car holds Hackberry’s grade up (ahead of 95% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hackberry could be anywhere from B− to A+.
From Hackberry, about 33 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hackberry workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,120 commuters (the 27% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Hackberry
On a workday 1,729 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 336 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Hackberry on a workday afternoon, 47% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Hackberry’s commute, mile by mile
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.
16% of working residents work in Dallas
Where Hackberry clocks in
Lines 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.
Jobs in Hackberry: what the 347 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hackberry, 2013 → 2023: 83 → 347. 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 Hackberry’s own residents hold wherever they work.
For most of Hackberry, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hackberry is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns, #463 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.0% across Texas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,540 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Hackberry households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hackberry’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Hackberry is 1,068th of 4,618 U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,000
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Talty TX | 3,299 | $155K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,066 | Bunk Foss WA | 3,627 | $155K | 6.5% | 6.0% | <1% | B+ |
| 1,067 | Versailles OH | 2,723 | $71K | 5.3% | 0.3% | 25% | B+ |
| 1,068 | Hackberry TX | 2,954 | $110K | 10.9% | 4.9% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,069 | Ellsworth WI | 3,336 | $88K | 8.6% | 0.8% | 23% | B+ |
| 1,070 | Portsmouth Township MI | 3,139 | $79K | 6.6% | 2.4% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,618 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Hackberry, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Bordering towns draw 11% of Hackberry’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Frisco. Darker towns draw more of Hackberry’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Hackberry: questions
What is the median household income in Hackberry?
$109,769 (±$20,698) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hackberry?
10.9%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hackberry?
33 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hackberry work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (16%, 26 mi), Plano (13%, 12 mi), Frisco (11%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hackberry walkable?
Hackberry is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hackberry without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hackberry, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hackberry
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.