Work & commute · Calera

Work & commute in Calera, OK

Most working residents leave Calera for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Durant (43%), Oklahoma City (5%) and Denison (4%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36 of 1,242 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 1,206 Calera residents head out of town to work, 36 work right here, and 309 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Calera.

1,206live here, work elsewhere

36live and work here

309work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Calera goes to work

Durant4.9 mi away

43%533

Oklahoma City122.7 mi away

5%59

Denison, TX14.3 mi away

4%54

Calera (in town)right here

3%36

Sherman, TX23.8 mi away

2%28

Ardmore44.2 mi away

2%25

Colbert6.8 mi away

2%21

Hugo52.8 mi away

1%14

Tulsa154.7 mi away

1%14

Atoka35.8 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%447

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

How far

How far Calera commutes

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

62%

11%

23%

62%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Calera is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Calera are

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

Jobs based in Calera

345 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Calera residents hold

1,242 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+39%

Jobs based in Calera, 2013 → 2023: 248 → 345. 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.