Photo: Caleb Long · CC BY-SA 2.5A job hub: Hulbert has 2.1 jobs per working resident, and 298 people come in to work
There are 308 jobs in Hulbert; 148 of its residents have a job. Only 7% stay in Hulbert for work; outside it, Tulsa is the main destination (17%, 44 miles). Working residents average 28 minutes each way; Oklahoma averages 22, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Hulbert for work, and who comes in
On a workday 138 residents head out to work and 10 work right here.
About 660 people are in Hulbert on a workday afternoon, 32% 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 Hulbert
Where Hulbert clocks in
17% of workers
16% of workers
9% 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.
66% of the jobs in Hulbert pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hulbert, 2013 → 2023: 347 → 308. 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 Hulbert’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Hulbert, about 28 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hulbert workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 136 commuters (the 5% 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.
Hulbert’s commute, mile by mile
About 23% 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 Hulbert: questions
What is the median household income in Hulbert?
$28,750 (±$12,241) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hulbert?
39.2%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hulbert?
28 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hulbert work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tulsa (17%, 44 mi), Tahlequah (16%, 10 mi), Muskogee (9%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hulbert without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 20% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hulbert, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hulbert
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.