Work & commute · Blackwell

Work & commute in Blackwell, OK

About one in 5 of Blackwell’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Ponca City (12%), Oklahoma City (11%) and Stillwater (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

490 of 2,240 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 1,750 Blackwell residents head out of town to work, 490 work right here, and 876 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blackwell.

1,750live here, work elsewhere

490live and work here

876work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blackwell goes to work

Blackwell (in town)right here

22%490

Ponca City14.2 mi away

12%278

Oklahoma City92.9 mi away

11%241

Stillwater48 mi away

5%118

Tonkawa9.1 mi away

4%93

Enid41.7 mi away

3%68

Tulsa90.6 mi away

3%65

Perry36 mi away

2%38

Newkirk14.7 mi away

2%37

Arkansas City, KS23.8 mi away

1%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%781

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

How far

How far Blackwell commutes

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

31%

25%

12%

32%

31%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blackwell is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.61 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Blackwell are

1,366 jobs are based in Blackwell. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Blackwell’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Blackwell

1,366 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Blackwell residents hold

2,240 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−34%

Jobs based in Blackwell, 2013 → 2023: 2,070 → 1,366. 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.