Work & commute · Central High

Work & commute in Central High, OK

Most working residents leave Central High for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Duncan (31%), Marlow (14%) and Oklahoma City (12%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 415 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 409 Central High residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 117 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Central High.

409live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

117work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Central High goes to work

Duncan11.7 mi away

31%130

Marlow7.6 mi away

14%59

Oklahoma City67.3 mi away

12%48

Lawton18.9 mi away

10%41

Chickasha30.5 mi away

2%7

Ardmore61.7 mi away

1%6

Central High (in town)right here

1%6

Weatherford72.1 mi away

1%5

Rush Springs13.6 mi away

1%4

Stillwater119.4 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%105

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

How far

How far Central High commutes

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

29%

33%

31%

29%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Central High is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Central High are

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

Jobs based in Central High

123 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Central High residents hold

415 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−24%

Jobs based in Central High, 2013 → 2023: 162 → 123. 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.