Hart has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
At home: 0% of workers have no commute at all (Texas 14%). Employers in Hart report 93 jobs, and 271 of its residents work somewhere. Only 4% work in Hart itself; outside it, Amarillo draws the most (8%, 58 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Hart: the gist
Hart’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Hart is Amarillo, 59 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (21) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
39% 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 ↓
Commutes from Hart are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas 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; with 271 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where in the region Hart works
About 39% 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.
Hart’s commute takes about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hart workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 356 commuters (the 0% 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.
Hart by day and by night
On a workday 259 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 81 people come in from elsewhere.
About 690 people are in Hart on a workday afternoon, 21% 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 Hart work
Where Hart clocks in
8% of workers
5% 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 Hart: what the 93 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hart, 2013 → 2023: 266 → 93. 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 Hart’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Hart: questions
What is the median household income in Hart?
$46,354 (±$19,915) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hart?
15.9%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hart?
18 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hart work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Amarillo (8%, 58 mi), Tulia (7%, 22 mi), Plainview (5%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hart without a car?
0% 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 Hart, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hart
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.