Work & commute · Alva

Work & commute in Alva, OK

43% of Alva’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (7%), Enid (3%) and Woodward (2%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43%

914 of 2,126 working residents

Typical commute

18 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 1,212 Alva residents head out of town to work, 914 work right here, and 1,305 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alva.

1,212live here, work elsewhere

914live and work here

1,305work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alva goes to work

Alva (in town)right here

43%914

Oklahoma City111.7 mi away

7%151

Enid51.4 mi away

3%71

Woodward48.2 mi away

2%47

Wichita, KS95.4 mi away

2%41

Waynoka19 mi away

1%31

Kiowa, KS18.6 mi away

1%28

Stillwater99.4 mi away

1%25

Tulsa160.2 mi away

1%25

Cherokee17.2 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%770

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

How far

How far Alva commutes

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

49%

40%

49%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alva is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Alva are

2,219 jobs are based in Alva. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Alva’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Alva

2,219 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Alva residents hold

2,126 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−8%

Jobs based in Alva, 2013 → 2023: 2,413 → 2,219. 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.