Work & commute · Billings

Work & commute in Billings, OK

Most working residents leave Billings for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Perry (21%), Stillwater (18%) and Oklahoma City (12%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 223 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 213 Billings residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 184 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Billings.

213live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

184work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Billings goes to work

Perry19.3 mi away

21%46

Stillwater34.7 mi away

18%40

Oklahoma City74.1 mi away

12%27

Enid25.4 mi away

6%13

Billings (in town)right here

4%10

Ponca City24.4 mi away

4%10

Tulsa90.2 mi away

3%7

Norman89.8 mi away

1%3

Arkansas City, KS43.3 mi away

1%2

Tonkawa11.6 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%63

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

How far

How far Billings commutes

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

32%

31%

6%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Billings is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Billings are

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

Jobs based in Billings

194 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month60%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Billings residents hold

223 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+28%

Jobs based in Billings, 2013 → 2023: 152 → 194. 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.