Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Hearne earn less than those in 97% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Hearne are D− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. 27.3% of residents are in poverty (Texas 13.8%). For 4% of workers, the job is at home, next to 14% for Texas as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Hearne in brief
A big share show a job far from home
46% 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 Hearne 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 ↓
Hearne has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Hearne went from 1,015 in 2013 to 1,693 in 2023, +67%. The jobs ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
51% of the jobs in Hearne are in trade, transport and utilities, against 21% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Few Hearne workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Jobs & income in Hearne: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hearne is better than 5% of U.S. towns, #618 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car holds Hearne’s grade up (ahead of 42% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (15.3%, U.S. 5.2%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hearne could be anywhere from D− to D.
Near or far: the trip to work from Hearne
About 46% 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.
Each way, about 18 minutes from Hearne
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hearne workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,685 commuters (the 4% 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 work there is in Hearne: 1,693 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hearne, 2013 → 2023: 1,015 → 1,693. 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 Hearne’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Hearne quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,787 residents head out to work, 382 work right here, and 1,311 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,200 people are in Hearne on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
13% of working residents work in Bryan
Where Hearne clocks in
13% of workers
10% of workers
8% 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.
Hearne is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hearne is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns, #554 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 1,755 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 20.8% of Hearne households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hearne’s commuters take a bus or train.
U.S. towns of 3,300 to 6,400, and where Hearne sits
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 8 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Garden Ridge TX | 4,371 | $177K | 0.4% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,720 | Dillon SC | 6,227 | $36K | 32.8% | 8.0% | 20% | D− |
| 3,721 | Mathis TX | 4,312 | $35K | 29.5% | 10.4% | 19% | D− |
| 3,722 | Hearne TX | 4,719 | $37K | 27.3% | 15.3% | 18% | D− |
| 3,723 | Colorado City AZ | 3,484 | $64K | 29.4% | 4.1% | 19% | D− |
| 3,724 | Lewistown MT | 6,179 | $49K | 20.9% | 7.0% | 52% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,867 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Hearne, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
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 Hearne: questions
What is the median household income in Hearne?
$37,372 (±$7,016) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hearne?
27.3%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hearne?
18 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hearne work?
18% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bryan (13%, 19 mi), Houston (10%, 104 mi), College Station (8%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hearne walkable?
Hearne is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hearne without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 21% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hearne, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hearne
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.