Work & commute · Cole

Work & commute in Cole, OK

Most working residents leave Cole for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (40%), Norman (13%) and Blanchard (7%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 283 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 282 Cole residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cole.

282live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

8work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cole goes to work

Oklahoma City25.6 mi away

40%113

Norman15.7 mi away

13%38

Blanchard6.9 mi away

7%19

Newcastle10.1 mi away

3%8

Moore16.6 mi away

2%7

Goldsby4.6 mi away

2%6

Edmond40.6 mi away

2%6

Lawton59 mi away

1%4

Purcell11.9 mi away

1%3

Chickasha22.1 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%76

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

How far

How far Cole commutes

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

15%

42%

31%

12%

15%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cole is a commuter town

0.03jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cole are

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

Jobs based in Cole

9 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)67%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month22%

Jobs Cole residents hold

283 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−57%

Jobs based in Cole, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 9. 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.