Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0About half of Hewitt’s working residents commute to Waco
Only 3% stay in Hewitt for work; outside it, Waco is the main destination (49%, 7 miles). The two grades for Hewitt are B+ for jobs and income and C for walkability. Commuters spend 20 minutes getting to work on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Hewitt
Nearly half of Hewitt works in Waco
3,904 working residents, 49%, have their main job in Waco, 7.4 miles away across the town line. That’s 16 times as many as work in Hewitt itself. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Hewitt are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas worker. Time on the road ↓
Hewitt empties out on a workday
About 12,000 people are in Hewitt on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than the 17,000 who live here: 7,700 head out to work and 2,600 come in. Day and night ↓
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.
Why Hewitt gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hewitt is better than 74% of U.S. towns, #174 of 642 in Texas. The poverty rate is its strongest input (4.8%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hewitt could be anywhere from B− to A.
Where Hewitt’s working residents head each day
Where Hewitt clocks in
4% 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.
The daily trip from Hewitt: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hewitt workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,254 commuters (the 10% 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.
How a workday changes Hewitt
On a workday 7,697 residents head out to work, 210 work right here, and 2,628 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12,000 people are in Hewitt on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
0.36 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.
The kinds of work in Hewitt
2,838 jobs are based in Hewitt.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hewitt, 2013 → 2023: 2,853 → 2,838. 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 Hewitt’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Hewitt goes to work
About 29% 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.
In Hewitt, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hewitt is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns, #431 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.9% of 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 8,083 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). 2.4% of Hewitt households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hewitt’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 1,999 U.S. towns of 12,000 to 23,000, Hewitt comes 797th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Lantana TX | 12,766 | $199K | 0.6% | 2.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 52 | Bellaire TX | 17,434 | $244K | 2.4% | 3.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 795 | Viera East FL | 12,570 | $92K | 3.5% | 4.6% | 3% | B+ |
| 796 | Lake Stickney WA | 15,890 | $94K | 10.9% | 3.6% | 2% | B+ |
| 797 | Hewitt TX | 16,754 | $84K | 4.8% | 4.2% | 3% | B+ |
| 798 | Comstock Township MI | 15,512 | $76K | 6.4% | 2.9% | 8% | B+ |
| 799 | Vincent CA | 15,340 | $100K | 6.7% | 6.6% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,999 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Hewitt, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Next door is work for 50% of Hewitt
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Waco. Darker towns draw more of Hewitt’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Hewitt: questions
What is the median household income in Hewitt?
$83,511 (±$4,169) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hewitt?
4.8%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hewitt?
20 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hewitt work?
3% work in town.
Is Hewitt walkable?
Hewitt is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hewitt 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 Hewitt, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hewitt
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.