Work & commute · Comanche

Work & commute in Comanche, OK

Most working residents leave Comanche for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Duncan (35%), Oklahoma City (9%) and Lawton (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43 of 487 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 444 Comanche residents head out of town to work, 43 work right here, and 319 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Comanche.

444live here, work elsewhere

43live and work here

319work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Comanche goes to work

Duncan8.3 mi away

35%169

Oklahoma City80.8 mi away

9%45

Comanche (in town)right here

9%43

Lawton30.7 mi away

7%34

Ardmore49.8 mi away

3%17

Marlow18.6 mi away

2%9

Waurika12.6 mi away

2%9

Norman70.5 mi away

1%7

Tulsa169.2 mi away

1%6

Sunray3.6 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%142

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

How far

How far Comanche commutes

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

35%

24%

16%

26%

35%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Comanche is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Comanche are

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

Jobs based in Comanche

362 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Comanche residents hold

487 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−29%

Jobs based in Comanche, 2013 → 2023: 509 → 362. 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.