Work & commute · Hugo

Work & commute in Hugo, OK

About one in 3 of Hugo’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Durant (8%), Paris (6%) and Oklahoma City (3%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31%

537 of 1,722 working residents

Typical commute

24 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 1,185 Hugo residents head out of town to work, 537 work right here, and 2,174 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hugo.

1,185live here, work elsewhere

537live and work here

2,174work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hugo goes to work

Hugo (in town)right here

31%537

Durant50.4 mi away

8%143

Paris, TX23.8 mi away

6%101

Oklahoma City151.7 mi away

3%58

Idabel40.2 mi away

2%36

Tulsa147.9 mi away

2%36

Antlers16.6 mi away

2%31

McAlester64.9 mi away

2%26

Broken Bow44.2 mi away

1%24

Hochatown43.7 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%720

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

How far

How far Hugo commutes

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

39%

15%

39%

39%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hugo is a job hub

1.57jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hugo are

2,711 jobs are based in Hugo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hugo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hugo

2,711 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Hugo residents hold

1,722 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month36%

−1%

Jobs based in Hugo, 2013 → 2023: 2,738 → 2,711. 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.