Work & commute · Hochatown

Work & commute in Hochatown, OK

Most working residents leave Hochatown for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Broken Bow (6%), Idabel (6%) and Oklahoma City (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

13 of 69 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 56 Hochatown residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 1,811 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hochatown.

56live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

1,811work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hochatown goes to work

Hochatown (in town)right here

19%13

Broken Bow9.6 mi away

6%4

Idabel18.1 mi away

6%4

Oklahoma City179.6 mi away

4%3

Wright City15.1 mi away

3%2

Valliant20.8 mi away

3%2

Durant93.5 mi away

3%2

Tulsa149.9 mi away

3%2

Mena, AR41.9 mi away

1%1

Lowell, AR148.6 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%35

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

How far

How far Hochatown commutes

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

33%

23%

42%

33%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hochatown is a job hub

26.43jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hochatown are

1,824 jobs are based in Hochatown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hochatown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hochatown

1,824 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)77%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)21%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month53%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Hochatown residents hold

69 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+7500%

Jobs based in Hochatown, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 1,824. 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.