Photo: Peter Greenberg · CC BY-SA 4.0Hardesty draws 114 commuters a day, with 2.4 jobs for every working resident
0% of workers have no commute at all, next to 9% for Oklahoma as a whole. Employers in Hardesty report 114 jobs; 48 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Hardesty; the top destination outside it is Guymon (38%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Hardesty
On a workday 48 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 260 people are in Hardesty on a workday afternoon, 34% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The daily trip into Hardesty
Where Hardesty clocks in
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
In Hardesty, 81% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hardesty, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 114. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hardesty’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 44 minutes in Hardesty
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hardesty workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 272 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Oklahoma: 85% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How many miles Hardesty commutes
About 25% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Hardesty: questions
What is the median household income in Hardesty?
$87,808 (±$44,780) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hardesty?
27.5%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hardesty?
44 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hardesty work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Guymon (38%, 16 mi), Goodwell (8%, 24 mi), Liberal (4%, 33 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hardesty without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 24% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hardesty, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hardesty
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.