Work & commute · Arapaho

Work & commute in Arapaho, OK

Most working residents leave Arapaho for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Clinton (43%), Oklahoma City (11%) and Weatherford (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 206 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 203 Arapaho residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 241 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Arapaho.

203live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

241work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Arapaho goes to work

Clinton4.9 mi away

43%89

Oklahoma City81.7 mi away

11%23

Weatherford15.7 mi away

6%12

Elk City29.4 mi away

2%5

Tulsa175.4 mi away

2%5

Burns Flat19.6 mi away

2%4

Altus66.6 mi away

2%4

Arapaho (in town)right here

1%3

Lawton73 mi away

1%3

Edmond87.1 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%55

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

How far

How far Arapaho commutes

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

51%

11%

33%

51%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Arapaho is balanced between jobs and homes

1.18jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Arapaho are

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

Jobs based in Arapaho

244 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Arapaho residents hold

206 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−57%

Jobs based in Arapaho, 2013 → 2023: 571 → 244. 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.