Work & commute · Hydro

Work & commute in Hydro, OK

Most working residents leave Hydro for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (15%), Weatherford (10%) and Geary (4%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

42 of 364 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 322 Hydro residents head out of town to work, 42 work right here, and 261 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hydro.

322live here, work elsewhere

42live and work here

261work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hydro goes to work

Oklahoma City60.2 mi away

15%55

Hydro (in town)right here

12%42

Weatherford5.9 mi away

10%36

Geary16 mi away

4%13

El Reno34.8 mi away

4%13

Hinton13 mi away

2%9

Eakly16.8 mi away

2%7

Binger21.2 mi away

2%6

New Cordell28.6 mi away

2%6

Anadarko38.4 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%172

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

How far

How far Hydro commutes

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

28%

15%

14%

43%

28%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

43%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hydro is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hydro are

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

Jobs based in Hydro

303 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Hydro residents hold

364 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+9%

Jobs based in Hydro, 2013 → 2023: 278 → 303. 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.