Hole-in-the-Rock Trail · Photo: G. Thomas at en.wikipedia · Public domainBlanding draws nearly all of Halls Crossing’s working residents
Hardly any work in Halls Crossing itself; outside it, Blanding draws the most (100%, 64 miles). Employers in Halls Crossing report 2 jobs for 1 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 1 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
2.0 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where the people who work in Halls Crossing live
Lines 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.
In Halls Crossing, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Halls Crossing, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 2. 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 Halls Crossing’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Halls Crossing
About 100% 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 Halls Crossing: questions
Where do people who live in Halls Crossing work?
0% work in town.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Halls Crossing, from the people who make the trip.
More of Halls Crossing
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.