Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Hedley
140 jobs are based in Hedley; 113 of its residents have a job. Only 5% stay in Hedley for work; outside it, Amarillo is the main destination (21%, 70 miles). Commuters spend 44 minutes getting to work on average, where Texas has 27 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Hedley on a workday afternoon
On a workday 107 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 134 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Hedley on a workday afternoon, 10% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 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.
The places Hedley commutes to
Where Hedley clocks in
21% of workers
19% 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.
In Hedley, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hedley, 2013 → 2023: 70 → 140. 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 Hedley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Hedley: about 44 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hedley workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 161 commuters (the 12% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Hedley
About 57% 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 Hedley: questions
What is the median household income in Hedley?
$38,750 (±$11,336) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hedley?
6.9%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hedley?
44 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hedley work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Amarillo (21%, 70 mi), Clarendon (19%, 14 mi), Lubbock (3%, 114 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hedley 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 Hedley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hedley
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.