Photo: Treasa at English Wikipedia · Public domainHobart’s household incomes are among the lowest in the country
Jobs & income D−: better than 2% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #126 of 131 in Oklahoma.
Walkability C: more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns · #104 of 131 in Oklahoma.
Working residents average 17 minutes each way (Oklahoma 22, U.S. 26). About one in three work in Hobart; the top destination outside it is Oklahoma City (7%, 94 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Hobart
Most jobs in Hobart go to people who live here
Of the 889 jobs based in Hobart, 46% are held by Hobart residents. In most towns, people from elsewhere hold most of the local jobs. Day and night ↓
Fewer than half of Hobart workers earn over $40,000 a year
38% of Hobart’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 21% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Hobart than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Hobart fell from 1,325 in 2013 to 889 in 2023, −33%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Hobart are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 22 across Oklahoma. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Oklahoma worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
What’s behind Hobart’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hobart is better than 2% of U.S. towns, #126 of 131 in Oklahoma. Unemployment holds Hobart’s grade up (7.0%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($33,051, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hobart could be anywhere from D− to C−.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 695 residents head out to work, 408 work right here, and 481 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 (0.81 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.
What the 889 jobs in Hobart are
889 jobs are based in Hobart. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hobart’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hobart, 2013 → 2023: 1,325 → 889. 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.
About 17 minutes each way, quicker than most of Oklahoma
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hobart workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,288 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Oklahoma: 85% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
7% of working residents work in Oklahoma City
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Hobart clocks in
7% of workers
6% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Hobart commutes less than 25 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 28% 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.
Most trips from Hobart start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hobart is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns, #104 of 131 in Oklahoma. Both inputs place Hobart near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,342 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). 6.1% of Hobart households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Hobart’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Hobart compares with U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Hobart, the top three, the last and three more from Oklahoma.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Nichols Hills OK | 3,864 | $208K | 2.8% | 0.3% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 953 | Goldsby OK | 3,591 | $103K | 11.2% | 2.4% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,293 | Kiefer OK | 2,310 | $83K | 10.4% | 3.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,366 | Macon MS | 2,432 | $32K | 34.7% | 8.5% | 24% | D− |
| 4,367 | Louisiana MO | 3,208 | $39K | 31.7% | 8.6% | 24% | D− |
| 4,368 | Hobart OK | 3,257 | $33K | 30.1% | 7.0% | 37% | D− |
| 4,369 | Wewoka OK | 3,046 | $38K | 28.5% | 11.2% | 27% | D− |
| 4,370 | Big Creek Township MI | 2,739 | $48K | 18.3% | 13.3% | 15% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,453 | 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.
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 Hobart: questions
What is the median household income in Hobart?
$33,051 (±$8,651) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hobart?
30.1%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hobart?
17 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hobart work?
37% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oklahoma City (7%, 94 mi), Altus (6%, 28 mi), Lawton (3%, 47 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hobart walkable?
Hobart is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hobart without a car?
<1% 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 Hobart, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hobart
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.