Work & commute · Cushing

Work & commute in Cushing, OK

About one in 4 of Cushing’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Stillwater (12%), Oklahoma City (10%) and Tulsa (7%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

782 of 3,269 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 2,487 Cushing residents head out of town to work, 782 work right here, and 2,110 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cushing.

2,487live here, work elsewhere

782live and work here

2,110work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cushing goes to work

Cushing (in town)right here

24%782

Stillwater20.4 mi away

12%389

Oklahoma City55.1 mi away

10%321

Tulsa49.1 mi away

7%232

Drumright9.2 mi away

3%99

Perkins15.1 mi away

2%51

Broken Arrow54.7 mi away

2%51

Bartlesville69.2 mi away

1%39

Stroud15.9 mi away

1%35

Edmond42.2 mi away

1%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%1,235

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

How far

How far Cushing commutes

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

32%

21%

15%

32%

32%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cushing is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cushing are

2,892 jobs are based in Cushing. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cushing’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cushing

2,892 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Cushing residents hold

3,269 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−10%

Jobs based in Cushing, 2013 → 2023: 3,215 → 2,892. 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.