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Work & commute · Burns Flat

Work & commute in Burns Flat, OK

Most working residents leave Burns Flat for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Elk City (23%), Oklahoma City (9%) and Clinton (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
6%
32 of 535 working residents
Typical commute
17 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
24 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
3%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 503 Burns Flat residents head out of town to work, 32 work right here, and 294 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Burns Flat.

503live here, work elsewhere
32live and work here
294work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Burns Flat goes to work

CanuteSentinelArapahoBurns FlatNew CordellFrederickSayreWeatherfordClintonAltusElk CityOklahoma CityEl RenoLawtonElk CityOklahoma CityClintonNew CordellWeatherfordEl RenoSayreAltusLawtonBurns Flat
1
Elk City14.5 mi away
23%124
2
Oklahoma City93.9 mi away
9%47
3
Clinton15.6 mi away
7%38
4
Burns Flat (in town)right here
6%32
5
New Cordell11.5 mi away
3%14
6
Weatherford30.4 mi away
2%12
7
El Reno69.5 mi away
2%10
8
Sayre25.9 mi away
2%9
9
Altus48.8 mi away
2%9
10
Lawton66.5 mi away
2%9
Everywhere elseother towns and states
43%231

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

How far

How far Burns Flat commutes

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

11%Under 10 mi
42%10–24 mi
9%25–50 mi
38%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Burns Flat 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 Burns Flat are

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

Jobs based in Burns Flat

326 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)15%
Trade, transport & utilities11%
Services (health, schools, offices…)74%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Burns Flat residents hold

535 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)18%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)58%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month47%
+3160%

Jobs based in Burns Flat, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 326. 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.

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