Jobs and earnings in Hilltop, and the trip to work
The average commute takes 35 minutes each way, where Texas has 27 and the U.S. 26. For 0% of workers, the job is at home, against 14% across Texas. Only 2% work in Hilltop; the top destination outside it is San Antonio (16%, 66 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Hilltop
On a workday 81 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 93 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 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 towns that employ Hilltop’s residents
Where Hilltop clocks in
16% of workers
12% of workers
10% 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 kinds of work in Hilltop
95 jobs are based in Hilltop.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hilltop, 2013 → 2023: 32 → 95. 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 Hilltop’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Hilltop: about 35 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hilltop workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 226 commuters (the 0% 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.
Hilltop’s commute, mile by mile
About 66% 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.
Hilltop and its neighbors: 12% work next door
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Dilley. Darker towns draw more of Hilltop’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 Hilltop: questions
What is the poverty rate in Hilltop?
51.6%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hilltop?
35 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hilltop work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Antonio (16%, 66 mi), Dilley (12%, 2 mi), Austin (10%, 140 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hilltop 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 Hilltop, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hilltop
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.