With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of New Hope works elsewhere
A typical one-way commute from New Hope lasts 29 minutes (Texas 27, U.S. 26). Employers in New Hope report 105 jobs; 365 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in New Hope itself; outside it, McKinney draws the most (16%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in New Hope: the gist
Who leaves New Hope for work, and who comes in
On a workday 365 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 105 people come in from elsewhere.
About 430 people are in New Hope on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.
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 New Hope commutes to
Where New Hope clocks in
16% 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 New Hope
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Hope, 2013 → 2023: 49 → 105. 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 New Hope’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 29 minutes from New Hope
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Hope workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 254 commuters (the 13% 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 far it is to work from New Hope
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 New Hope: questions
What is the median household income in New Hope?
$64,306 (±$45,691) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Hope?
8.8%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Hope?
29 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Hope work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are McKinney (16%, 6 mi), Dallas (16%, 31 mi), Plano (13%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around New Hope 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 New Hope, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Hope
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.