Work & commute · Hardesty

Work & commute in Hardesty, OK

Most working residents leave Hardesty for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Guymon (38%), Goodwell (8%) and Liberal (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 48 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

44 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 48 Hardesty residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 114 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hardesty.

48live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

114work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hardesty goes to work

Guymon16.5 mi away

38%18

Goodwell23.8 mi away

8%4

Liberal, KS33.2 mi away

4%2

Texhoma33.8 mi away

4%2

Altus171.7 mi away

4%2

Tulsa296.3 mi away

4%2

Haviland, KS134.3 mi away

2%1

Hugoton, KS39.6 mi away

2%1

Hays, KS187.1 mi away

2%1

Hooker17.1 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%14

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

How far

How far Hardesty commutes

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

65%

10%

25%

0%Under 10 mi

65%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hardesty is a job hub

2.38jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Hardesty are

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

Jobs based in Hardesty

114 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)81%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)12%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month79%

Jobs Hardesty residents hold

48 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+11300%

Jobs based in Hardesty, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 114. 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.