Work & commute · Chandler

Work & commute in Chandler, OK

About one in 4 of Chandler’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (25%), Tulsa (4%) and Stillwater (3%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

278 of 1,075 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 797 Chandler residents head out of town to work, 278 work right here, and 1,430 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chandler.

797live here, work elsewhere

278live and work here

1,430work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chandler goes to work

Chandler (in town)right here

26%278

Oklahoma City41.7 mi away

25%270

Tulsa59.6 mi away

4%38

Stillwater31.9 mi away

3%37

Norman43.4 mi away

3%33

Edmond32.5 mi away

3%28

Davenport4 mi away

2%23

Stroud11.1 mi away

2%18

Seminole34.6 mi away

1%15

Shawnee24.7 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%320

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

How far

How far Chandler commutes

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

32%

10%

42%

15%

32%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

42%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chandler is a job hub

1.59jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Chandler are

1,708 jobs are based in Chandler. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chandler’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Chandler

1,708 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Chandler residents hold

1,075 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−20%

Jobs based in Chandler, 2013 → 2023: 2,129 → 1,708. 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.