Work & commute · Alex

Work & commute in Alex, OK

Most working residents leave Alex for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (23%), Chickasha (21%) and Lindsay (5%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 151 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 148 Alex residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 96 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alex.

148live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

96work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alex goes to work

Oklahoma City40.4 mi away

23%35

Chickasha12.6 mi away

21%32

Lindsay11 mi away

5%8

Midwest City43.4 mi away

3%5

Ninnekah10 mi away

3%4

Blanchard17.1 mi away

3%4

Norman32.8 mi away

3%4

Lawton42.3 mi away

3%4

Alex (in town)right here

2%3

Duncan32.2 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%49

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Alex commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

38%

42%

12%

8%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

42%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alex is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Alex are

99 jobs are based in Alex. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Alex’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Alex

99 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Alex residents hold

151 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+46%

Jobs based in Alex, 2013 → 2023: 68 → 99. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.