Work & commute · Amber

Work & commute in Amber, OK

Most working residents leave Amber for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (21%), Chickasha (15%) and Blanchard (6%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 140 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 137 Amber residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 137 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Amber.

137live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

137work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Amber goes to work

Oklahoma City29.7 mi away

21%29

Chickasha9.1 mi away

15%21

Blanchard12.3 mi away

6%9

Norman30.8 mi away

5%7

Edmond44.2 mi away

4%6

Moore25.8 mi away

4%5

Tuttle12.9 mi away

3%4

Lawton48.4 mi away

3%4

Newcastle17.2 mi away

3%4

Amber (in town)right here

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%48

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

How far

How far Amber commutes

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

18%

32%

40%

11%

18%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

40%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Amber is balanced between jobs and homes

1.00jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Amber are

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

Jobs based in Amber

140 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Amber residents hold

140 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+3%

Jobs based in Amber, 2013 → 2023: 136 → 140. 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.