Hardin has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
The trip to work takes 35 minutes on average; Texas averages 27, the U.S. 26. There are 56 jobs in Hardin, and 296 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Hardin itself; outside it, Houston draws the most (27%, 46 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Hardin apart on work
Hardin’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Hardin is Houston, 46 miles away as the crow flies. 27% of working residents (80) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Hardin is a place people come home to
There are 56 jobs based in Hardin, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Hardin has about 640 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
36% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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; with 296 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Near or far: the trip to work from Hardin
About 36% 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.
A workday in Hardin: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 295 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 55 people come in from elsewhere.
About 640 people are in Hardin on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Where people from Hardin work
Where Hardin clocks in
27% of workers
4% 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.
Jobs in Hardin: what the 56 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hardin, 2013 → 2023: 79 → 56. 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 Hardin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 35 minutes from Hardin
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hardin workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 212 commuters (the 10% 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.
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 Hardin: questions
What is the median household income in Hardin?
$53,203 (±$13,726) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hardin?
4.2%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hardin?
35 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hardin work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houston (27%, 46 mi), Liberty (8%, 8 mi), Baytown (4%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hardin without a car?
0% 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 Hardin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hardin
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.