Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs, income and commuting in Huckabay, TX
Hardly any work in Huckabay; the top destination outside it is Stephenville (26%, 10 miles). Working residents average 39 minutes each way, next to 27 for Texas and 26 for the U.S. 75 jobs are based in Huckabay for 124 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Huckabay
On a workday 124 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 75 people come in from elsewhere.
About 160 people are in Huckabay on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
0.60 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.
Where the trip to work from Huckabay ends
Where Huckabay clocks in
10% of workers
3% 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.
A place that makes things: 69% of Huckabay’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Huckabay, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 75. 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 Huckabay’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Huckabay, about 39 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Huckabay workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 92 commuters (the 16% 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.
Miles to work from Huckabay
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.
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 Huckabay: questions
What is the median household income in Huckabay?
$85,682 (±$50,500) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Huckabay?
17.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Huckabay?
39 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Huckabay work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stephenville (26%, 10 mi), Fort Worth (10%, 62 mi), Arlington (3%, 72 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Huckabay 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 Huckabay, from the people who make the trip.
More of Huckabay
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.