Work & commute · Altus

Work & commute in Altus, OK

55% of Altus’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (8%), Lawton (6%) and Elk City (2%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

55%

3,355 of 6,135 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 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 2,780 Altus residents head out of town to work, 3,355 work right here, and 3,399 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Altus.

2,780live here, work elsewhere

3,355live and work here

3,399work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Altus goes to work

Altus (in town)right here

55%3,355

Oklahoma City115.9 mi away

8%489

Lawton50.5 mi away

6%341

Elk City51.1 mi away

2%101

Vernon, TX35.2 mi away

2%101

Clinton61.8 mi away

1%81

Tulsa217.1 mi away

1%56

Norman118.3 mi away

1%54

Weatherford70.3 mi away

1%52

Olustee10 mi away

1%44

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%1,461

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

How far

How far Altus commutes

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

58%

33%

58%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Altus is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Altus are

6,754 jobs are based in Altus. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Altus’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Altus

6,754 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Altus residents hold

6,135 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−5%

Jobs based in Altus, 2013 → 2023: 7,090 → 6,754. 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.