Work & commute · Hennessey

Work & commute in Hennessey, OK

About one in 3 of Hennessey’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (15%), Enid (9%) and Kingfisher (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

257 of 899 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 642 Hennessey residents head out of town to work, 257 work right here, and 980 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hennessey.

642live here, work elsewhere

257live and work here

980work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hennessey goes to work

Hennessey (in town)right here

29%257

Oklahoma City49.1 mi away

15%139

Enid20.9 mi away

9%83

Kingfisher18.2 mi away

6%52

Edmond40.4 mi away

1%12

Guymon203.1 mi away

1%11

Wichita, KS113.6 mi away

1%9

Stillwater46 mi away

1%9

Tulsa111.4 mi away

1%9

Woodward86.7 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%311

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

How far

How far Hennessey commutes

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

35%

22%

20%

23%

35%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hennessey is balanced between jobs and homes

1.38jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hennessey are

1,237 jobs are based in Hennessey. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hennessey’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hennessey

1,237 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)55%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Hennessey residents hold

899 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−35%

Jobs based in Hennessey, 2013 → 2023: 1,901 → 1,237. 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.