Hochatown draws 1,811 commuters a day, with 26.4 jobs for every working resident
About one in five work in Hochatown; the top destination outside it is Broken Bow (6%, 10 miles). Hochatown has 1,824 jobs; 69 of its residents have a job. Commuters spend 27 minutes getting to work on average; Oklahoma averages 22, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Hochatown’s population more than triples on a workday
On a workday 56 residents head out to work and 13 work right here.
About 2,000 people are in Hochatown on a workday afternoon, 655% 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.
Where Hochatown’s workforce comes from
Where Hochatown clocks in
6% of workers
6% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 77% of the jobs in Hochatown
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hochatown, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 1,824. 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 Hochatown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 27 minutes to work from Hochatown
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hochatown workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 151 commuters (the 11% 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.
Half of Hochatown commutes less than 22 miles
About 42% 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.
Hochatown and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hochatown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hochatown | – | — | — | 27 min | $118,929 |
| Broken Bow | 6% | C− | C− | 21 min | $39,895 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Broken Bow. Darker towns draw more of Hochatown’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Hochatown: questions
What is the median household income in Hochatown?
$118,929 (±$59,214) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hochatown?
0.0%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hochatown?
27 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hochatown work?
19% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Broken Bow (6%, 10 mi), Idabel (6%, 18 mi), Oklahoma City (4%, 180 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hochatown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hochatown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hochatown
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.