Work & commute · Davis

Work & commute in Davis, OK

Most working residents leave Davis for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Ardmore (12%), Sulphur (8%) and Oklahoma City (6%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

165 of 1,138 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 973 Davis residents head out of town to work, 165 work right here, and 757 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Davis.

973live here, work elsewhere

165live and work here

757work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Davis goes to work

Davis (in town)right here

14%165

Ardmore16.2 mi away

12%139

Sulphur11.8 mi away

8%95

Oklahoma City74.3 mi away

6%64

Ada37.1 mi away

5%54

Wynnewood14.8 mi away

4%48

Pauls Valley19.6 mi away

3%34

Norman56.9 mi away

3%30

Tulsa137.6 mi away

2%19

Durant53.8 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%472

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

How far

How far Davis commutes

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

31%

22%

14%

33%

31%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Davis is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Davis are

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

Jobs based in Davis

922 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Davis residents hold

1,138 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−10%

Jobs based in Davis, 2013 → 2023: 1,027 → 922. 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.