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Jobs & commute in Hoyt

Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Hoyt

Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where Oklahoma as a whole has 9%. Hardly any stay in Hoyt for work; outside it, McAlester is the main destination (13%, 36 miles). No jobs are based in Hoyt in the Census job records; 23 of its residents work elsewhere.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

In and out of Hoyt on a workday

On a workday 23 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

23live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night40
Workday17
40live here− 23head out to work+ 0come in to work= 17on a workday

About 17 people are in Hoyt on a workday afternoon, 58% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

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 commute map

The places Hoyt commutes to

Greenwood: 1 residents work here (4%)Fort Smith: 1 residents work here (4%)Quinton: 1 residents work here (4%)Porum: 1 residents work here (4%)Wright City: 1 residents work here (4%)Red Oak: 1 residents work here (4%)Whitefield: 1 residents work here (4%)Stigler: 2 residents work here (9%)McAlester: 3 residents work here (13%)Durant: 2 residents work here (9%)HoytMcAlesterStiglerDurantGreenwoodFort SmithQuintonHoyt
1
McAlester35.5 mi away
13%3
2
Stigler10.4 mi away
9%2
3
Durant107.5 mi away
9%2
4
Greenwood, AR60 mi away
4%1
5
Fort Smith, AR52.8 mi away
4%1
6
Quinton10.3 mi away
4%1
7
Porum6.7 mi away
4%1
8
Wright City84.5 mi away
4%1
9
Red Oak25 mi away
4%1
10
Whitefield3.3 mi away
4%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
39%9
The top trips

Where Hoyt clocks in

Lines 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Hoyt

Working from home
0%

of Hoyt workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Hoyt gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 7 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 far

Where in the region Hoyt works

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miMcAlester: 13% · 35.5 miStigler: 9% · 10.4 miDurant: 9% · 107.5 miGreenwood: 4% · 60 miFort Smith: 4% · 52.8 miQuinton: 4% · 10.3 miPorum: 4% · 6.7 miWright City: 4% · 84.5 miRed Oak: 4% · 25 miWhitefield: 4% · 3.3 miMcAlester 13%Stigler 9%Durant 9%Fort Smith 4%Hoyt
HoytTop destinations (size = commuters)
9%Under 10 mi2 residents
30%10–24 mi7 residents
26%25–50 mi6 residents
35%Over 50 mi8 residents

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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Hoyt: questions

What is the poverty rate in Hoyt?

100.0%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Hoyt work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are McAlester (13%, 36 mi), Stigler (9%, 10 mi), Durant (9%, 108 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Hoyt 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 Hoyt, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Hoyt

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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.