Work & commute · Hooker

Work & commute in Hooker, OK

Most working residents leave Hooker for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Liberal (22%), Guymon (18%) and Tyrone (2%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

97 of 523 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 426 Hooker residents head out of town to work, 97 work right here, and 282 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hooker.

426live here, work elsewhere

97live and work here

282work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hooker goes to work

Liberal, KS20.4 mi away

22%113

Hooker (in town)right here

19%97

Guymon18.7 mi away

18%94

Tyrone10.5 mi away

2%13

Garden City, KS79.6 mi away

2%10

Great Bend, KS167.9 mi away

1%5

Dodge City, KS90.5 mi away

1%5

Wichita, KS220.2 mi away

1%5

Enid188.2 mi away

1%5

Boise City72.1 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%172

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

How far

How far Hooker commutes

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

24%

50%

24%

24%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hooker is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hooker are

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

Jobs based in Hooker

379 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Hooker residents hold

523 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−30%

Jobs based in Hooker, 2013 → 2023: 544 → 379. 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.