Rock Mary · Photo: CarlandLinda at English Wikipedia · Public domainUnemployment in Hinton (2.0%) is lower than in 85% of U.S. towns
Commuters spend 25 minutes getting to work on average, where Oklahoma has 22 and the U.S. 26. For jobs and income Hinton is better than 33% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (B). About one in four work in Hinton; the top destination outside it is Oklahoma City (15%, 47 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Hinton, in brief
Hinton’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Hinton is Oklahoma City, 47 miles away as the crow flies. 15% of working residents (130) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
35% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 848 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Hinton’s Jobs & income grade
Unemployment holds Hinton’s grade up; the poverty rate pulls it down (18.9%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hinton could be anywhere from C− to B−.
The distance from Hinton to work
About 35% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Hinton
On a workday 651 residents head out to work, 197 work right here, and 658 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Hinton: the destinations
Where Hinton clocks in
15% of workers
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.
The kinds of work in Hinton
855 jobs are based in Hinton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hinton, 2013 → 2023: 942 → 855. 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 Hinton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes to work from Hinton
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hinton workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,767 commuters (the 7% 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.
The commute in Hinton is mostly behind the wheel
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,899 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.5% of Hinton households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hinton’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Hinton is 2,583rd of 3,692 U.S. towns of 3,500 to 6,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Nichols Hills OK | 3,864 | $208K | 2.8% | 0.3% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 736 | Verdigris OK | 5,888 | $84K | 6.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 932 | Goldsby OK | 3,591 | $103K | 11.2% | 2.4% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,581 | Nome AK | 3,653 | $114K | 8.8% | 9.0% | — | C |
| 2,582 | Chestertown MD | 5,658 | $54K | 11.6% | 3.8% | 35% | C |
| 2,583 | Hinton OK | 4,975 | $65K | 18.9% | 2.0% | 23% | C |
| 2,584 | Madison SD | 6,065 | $66K | 9.5% | 4.4% | 48% | C |
| 2,585 | Toronto OH | 5,149 | $56K | 15.2% | 2.9% | 20% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,692 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Hinton, the top three, the last and three more from Oklahoma.
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 Hinton: questions
What is the median household income in Hinton?
$65,278 (±$6,953) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hinton?
18.9%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hinton?
25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hinton work?
23% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oklahoma City (15%, 47 mi), Weatherford (4%, 19 mi), El Reno (4%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hinton walkable?
Hinton is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hinton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hinton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hinton
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.