Most of Hawk Cove commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Hawk Cove; the top destination outside it is Dallas (15%, 40 miles). There are 13 jobs in Hawk Cove for 157 working residents. For 8% of workers, the job is at home (Texas 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Hawk Cove on a workday
On a workday 156 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 390 people are in Hawk Cove 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.
The towns that employ Hawk Cove’s residents
Where Hawk Cove clocks in
9% of workers
6% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Hawk Cove
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hawk Cove, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 13. 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 Hawk Cove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Hawk Cove: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hawk Cove workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 302 commuters (the 8% 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 distance from Hawk Cove to work
About 24% 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.
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 Hawk Cove: questions
What is the median household income in Hawk Cove?
$64,167 (±$35,670) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hawk Cove?
7.8%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hawk Cove?
34 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hawk Cove work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (15%, 40 mi), Quinlan (9%, 3 mi), Garland (6%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hawk Cove without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hawk Cove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hawk Cove
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.