Work and commuting in Hungerford
14.6% of residents are in poverty, where Texas as a whole has 13.8%. Only 3% work in Hungerford itself; outside it, Houston draws the most (20%, 50 miles). Employers in Hungerford report 333 jobs for 194 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Hungerford for work, and who comes in
On a workday 189 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 328 people come in from elsewhere.
About 310 people are in Hungerford on a workday afternoon, 81% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where Hungerford’s workforce comes from
Where Hungerford clocks in
20% 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.
Hungerford works in goods: 54% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hungerford, 2014 → 2024: 7 → 333. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hungerford’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Hungerford goes to work
About 40% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Hungerford: questions
What is the poverty rate in Hungerford?
14.6%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Hungerford work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houston (20%, 50 mi), East Bernard (8%, 8 mi), Rosenberg (5%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hungerford, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hungerford
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.