Work & commute · Colbert

Work & commute in Colbert, OK

Most working residents leave Colbert for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Durant (34%), Denison (10%) and Oklahoma City (8%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 356 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 342 Colbert residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 337 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Colbert.

342live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

337work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Colbert goes to work

Durant11.6 mi away

34%121

Denison, TX7.5 mi away

10%35

Oklahoma City125 mi away

8%27

Sherman, TX17.2 mi away

6%20

Colbert (in town)right here

4%14

Ardmore42.7 mi away

2%7

Tulsa160.6 mi away

2%6

Hugo58.1 mi away

1%5

Calera6.8 mi away

1%4

Ada63.6 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%113

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

How far

How far Colbert commutes

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

29%

39%

25%

29%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Colbert is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Colbert are

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

Jobs based in Colbert

351 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Colbert residents hold

356 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+6%

Jobs based in Colbert, 2013 → 2023: 331 → 351. 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.