Work & commute · Hobart

Work & commute in Hobart, OK

About one in 3 of Hobart’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (7%), Altus (6%) and Lawton (3%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37%

408 of 1,103 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 695 Hobart residents head out of town to work, 408 work right here, and 481 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hobart.

695live here, work elsewhere

408live and work here

481work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hobart goes to work

Hobart (in town)right here

37%408

Oklahoma City93.9 mi away

7%74

Altus28.3 mi away

6%69

Lawton47.1 mi away

3%37

Clinton34 mi away

3%32

Weatherford42.1 mi away

2%22

New Cordell19.7 mi away

1%15

Sentinel10.4 mi away

1%14

Lone Wolf9.2 mi away

1%13

Elk City31.7 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%406

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

How far

How far Hobart commutes

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

44%

22%

28%

44%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hobart is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hobart are

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

Jobs based in Hobart

889 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Hobart residents hold

1,103 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month38%

−33%

Jobs based in Hobart, 2013 → 2023: 1,325 → 889. 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.