Work & commute · Carrier

Work & commute in Carrier, OK

Most working residents leave Carrier for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Enid (54%), Perry (13%) and North Enid (8%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 24 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 23 Carrier residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carrier.

23live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

4work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carrier goes to work

Enid9.6 mi away

54%13

Perry41.8 mi away

13%3

North Enid8.8 mi away

8%2

Billings32.2 mi away

4%1

Carrier (in town)right here

4%1

Waukomis14.7 mi away

4%1

Oklahoma City75.3 mi away

4%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

8%2

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

How far

How far Carrier commutes

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

50%

25%

17%

50%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carrier is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Carrier are

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

Jobs based in Carrier

5 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month60%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Carrier residents hold

24 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+150%

Jobs based in Carrier, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 5. 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.