Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0Hebbronville’s household incomes are lower than in 94% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income D−: near the bottom of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #637 of 642 in Texas.
Walkability D: more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns · #571 of 642 in Texas.
Working residents average 21 minutes each way (Texas 27, U.S. 26). About one in five work in Hebbronville; the top destination outside it is Bruni (10%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Hebbronville
A big share show a job far from home
52% 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 ↓
Many jobs in Hebbronville pay little
37% of the jobs based in Hebbronville pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
Fewer than half of Hebbronville workers earn over $40,000 a year
39% of Hebbronville’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 21% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
Few Hebbronville workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Commutes from Hebbronville are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 46 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.
What’s behind Hebbronville’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hebbronville is near the bottom of U.S. towns, #637 of 642 in Texas. Unemployment holds Hebbronville’s grade up (7.1%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hebbronville could be anywhere from D− to C−.
Half of Hebbronville commutes less than 51 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 52% 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.
What the 782 jobs in Hebbronville are
782 jobs are based in Hebbronville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hebbronville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hebbronville, 2013 → 2023: 1,097 → 782. 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.
About 21 minutes each way, quicker than most of Texas
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hebbronville workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,511 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Hebbronville quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,152 residents head out to work, 304 work right here, and 478 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,500 people are in Hebbronville on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.54 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
10% of working residents work in Bruni
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Hebbronville clocks in
9% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Most trips from Hebbronville start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hebbronville is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns, #571 of 642 in Texas. Both inputs place Hebbronville near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,544 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). 8.5% of Hebbronville households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hebbronville’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Hebbronville compares with U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,700
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Hebbronville, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
| # | 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 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| 4 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 5 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,146 | Willcox AZ | 3,189 | $44K | 19.3% | 13.0% | 28% | D− |
| 4,147 | Walsenburg CO | 3,039 | $51K | 25.2% | 11.5% | 26% | D− |
| 4,148 | Hebbronville TX | 4,194 | $42K | 32.9% | 7.1% | 21% | D− |
| 4,149 | Sherrill Township MO | 5,574 | $47K | 26.3% | 10.9% | 19% | D− |
| 4,150 | Bandon OR | 3,297 | $48K | 26.3% | 11.5% | 33% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,195 | 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.
Hebbronville and the towns next door
Darker towns draw more of Hebbronville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hebbronville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hebbronville | – | D− | D | 21 min | $42,455 |
| Las Lomitas | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Las Lomitas: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Hebbronville: questions
What is the median household income in Hebbronville?
$42,455 (±$5,344) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hebbronville?
32.9%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hebbronville?
21 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hebbronville work?
21% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bruni (10%, 12 mi), Corpus Christi (9%, 97 mi), Laredo (8%, 52 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hebbronville walkable?
Hebbronville is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hebbronville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hebbronville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hebbronville
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.