Work & commute · Anadarko

Work & commute in Anadarko, OK

About one in 3 of Anadarko’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (13%), Chickasha (7%) and Lawton (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

686 of 2,112 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 1,426 Anadarko residents head out of town to work, 686 work right here, and 1,751 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Anadarko.

1,426live here, work elsewhere

686live and work here

1,751work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Anadarko goes to work

Anadarko (in town)right here

32%686

Oklahoma City49.7 mi away

13%270

Chickasha16.9 mi away

7%146

Lawton32.5 mi away

5%106

Fort Cobb11.9 mi away

2%49

Hinton31 mi away

2%47

Norman52.2 mi away

2%43

Carnegie20.2 mi away

2%39

Tulsa150.7 mi away

2%38

Binger17.8 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%665

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

How far

How far Anadarko commutes

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

39%

16%

25%

21%

39%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Anadarko is balanced between jobs and homes

1.15jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Anadarko are

2,437 jobs are based in Anadarko. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Anadarko’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Anadarko

2,437 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Anadarko residents hold

2,112 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−18%

Jobs based in Anadarko, 2013 → 2023: 2,962 → 2,437. 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.