Work & commute · Carmen

Work & commute in Carmen, OK

Most working residents leave Carmen for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Enid (15%), Helena (14%) and Oklahoma City (7%). Half commute less than 59 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 81 working residents

Typical commute

59 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 81 Carmen residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carmen.

81live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

30work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carmen goes to work

Enid34.8 mi away

15%12

Helena10.6 mi away

14%11

Oklahoma City93.2 mi away

7%6

Cherokee13.1 mi away

6%5

Boise City224.8 mi away

4%3

Kingfisher58.4 mi away

2%2

Alva18.5 mi away

2%2

Cushing103.2 mi away

2%2

Midwest City98.3 mi away

2%2

Choctaw100.6 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%34

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

How far

How far Carmen commutes

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

27%

19%

54%

0%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

54%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carmen is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Carmen are

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

Jobs based in Carmen

30 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Carmen residents hold

81 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−62%

Jobs based in Carmen, 2013 → 2023: 79 → 30. 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.