Work & commute · Hammon

Work & commute in Hammon, OK

Most working residents leave Hammon for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Cheyenne (20%), Elk City (9%) and Oklahoma City (7%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 144 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 139 Hammon residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 73 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hammon.

139live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

73work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hammon goes to work

Cheyenne16.5 mi away

20%29

Elk City17 mi away

9%13

Oklahoma City105.7 mi away

7%10

Hammon (in town)right here

3%5

Sweetwater33.7 mi away

3%5

Lawton88.7 mi away

3%4

Reydon30.4 mi away

2%3

Arnett41 mi away

2%3

Vici36 mi away

1%2

Erick39.7 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%68

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Hammon commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

13%

33%

23%

30%

13%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hammon is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.54 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Hammon are

78 jobs are based in Hammon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hammon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hammon

78 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Hammon residents hold

144 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−43%

Jobs based in Hammon, 2013 → 2023: 136 → 78. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.