A people-friendly town with a population of 4,690, Hearne is an ideal place to open a business of any size.  Situated in a bucolic central Texas setting, Hearne has lots of wide open space to serve your company's needs as a corporate headquarters/campus, assembly/processing plant, industrial site, or retail/wholesale operation.  Since Hearne operates at a less hectic pace than major urban centers, you and your employees can escape the hustle and bustle of the big city, enjoy a peaceful small town's charm, be close to major Texas cities, and still get the job done.

BENEFIT FROM HEARNE'S CLOSE PROXIMITY TO TEXAS' POPULATION

Why should your company consider starting a new business in or moving operations to Hearne? Perhaps the most important consideration is Hearne’s convenient central Texas location.  80% of the Texas population currently lives within a 200-mile radius of Hearne.  This places Hearne smack dab in the middle of one of the fastest growing areas in the nation. 

In the coming years, the population of the Brazos Valley (of which Hearne is a part) is projected to grow by almost 40%, rising from 267,085 in 2002 to 370,314 in 2004.  This population trend is expected to bring even more people closer to Hearne.

Conveniently located in central Texas, Hearne is only a stone's throw from Bryan-College Station, Texas A&M University, and the George Bush Presidential Library.  It is a short drive to Austin, the University of Texas, and the Johnson Presidential Library.  Situated in the center of a triangle formed by Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio, distances to nearby cities and access to interstate highways are as follows:

Hearne - Austin	90 miles	I-35
Hearne - Bryan/College Station	18 - 25 miles
Hearne - Conroe	100 miles	I-45
Hearne - Dallas	150 miles	I-20, I-30, I-35, I-45
Hearne - Fort Hood	70 miles	I-35
Hearne - Fort Worth	150 miles	I-20, I-35
Hearne - Houston	120 miles	I-10, I-45
Hearne - Huntsville	75 miles	I-45
Hearne - Round Rock	70 miles	I-35
Hearne - San Antonio	150 miles	I-10, I-35, I-37
Hearne - Waco	70 miles	I-35

Ship & Receive IN All Directions

Hearne is nestled at the crossroads of two major Union Pacific Railroad lines as well as several major highways. 

Railroad Access The former east-west Missouri Pacific Railroad line converges with the former north-south Southern Pacific Railroad line in Hearne. These lines are now operated as Union Pacific's routes through central Texas. Two other rail lines run through nearby Valley Junction in the Brazos River bottom. Rail access is available from Hearne to destinations throughout the United States and beyond.

Highway Access TX 6, US 79, and US 190 cross in the Hearne city limits. TX 6 stretches north-south from its origin near the Galveston Causeway through Waco to the Texas-Oklahoma state line near Quanah; US 79 goes east-west from its origin at I 35 in Round Rock to the Texas-Louisiana state line near Bethany and I 20; US 190 stretches from the Texas-Louisiana state line near Bon Wier through Temple to Iraan where it connects with I 10. TX 21 passes through Bryan some 18 miles south of Hearne on its route from San Marcos to the Texas-Louisiana state line. Four-lanes wide in many places, these modern thoroughfares easily handle their traffic loads and are kept in good shape by the Texas Department Of Transportation.

An average of 17,000 vehicles pass through Hearne every day. This figure is significantly greater when area universities host football games, hold graduations, sponsor music, entertainment, and other events. If your company needs access to large numbers of customers and potential customers in central Texas, many of them are likely passing through Hearne.

ENJOY Easy Air Access

Once used as a runway to shoot landings by fighter jets from the Strategic Air Command, the Hearne Airport now hosts Robertson County's Air Weather Observation System (www.crh.noaa.gov/data/obhistory/KLHB.html).  This link to the National Weather Service provides pilots and others with up-to-the-minute local weather conditions.  Envisioned improvements include:  building a new pilot lounge, installing a landing approach system, hiring a fixed base operator, building new hangars, repaving the airport aprons as well as the entire length of the runway, offering Jet-A fuel, and repaving airport access roads.

Robertson County has fourteen times fewer people per square mile than Brazos County. Given Hearne's close proximity to Bryan/College Station, you can live and work near all that Bryan & College Station have to offer while enjoying Hearne's many amenities. 

Robertson County consists of 866 square miles and has a population density of 18.7 residents per square mile. Compare this to the rest of the state and other Texas counties:

If your company is an agri-business, locating your breeding, hatching, raising, food processing, feed mill, textile mill, or other operations near the raw material source in Hearne and Robertson County can significantly reduce your transportation costs.  The average growing season in Robertson County is 268 days with the first freeze generally occurring around November 29.  As a result, some farmers and individuals plant spring, summer, and fall gardens and crops. 

Robertson County has roughly 1,300 farms on 425,000 acres.  Average farm size is 330 acres. Robertson County farmers produced the following last year:

Given Hearne's close proximity to Texas A&M University and its cadre of experts on a wide variety of agricultural topics, your company can easily access the latest and greatest agricultural developments or find the right people to help solve agriculture-related problems.

access A Readily Available Work Force

The residents of Hearne and surrounding areas in Robertson County are honest, hard-working, and industrious people who can greatly assist your company as its work force in its local operations.  Most recent Robertson County employment statistics are as follows:

Latest Statistics From Texas Workforce

In the first quarter of 2001, Robertson County had 3,459 employed persons and an average weekly wage of $468.  Breakdowns are as follows:

68.1 percent of Robertson County's residents have a high school diploma or higher; 12.7 percent have a bachelor's degree or higher. Educational attainment information about county residents 25 years and older is as follows:

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