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Work & commute · Deer Creek

Work & commute in Deer Creek, OK

Most working residents leave Deer Creek for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Medford (16%), Oklahoma City (14%) and Wichita (9%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
1 of 44 working residents
Typical commute
32 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
43 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
0%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 43 Deer Creek residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 89 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Deer Creek.

43live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
89work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Deer Creek goes to work

CaldwellWinfieldHutchinsonWichitaDeer CreekLamontWakitaPond CreekMedfordBlackwellWoodwardPonca CitySapulpaShawneeEnidOklahoma CityMedfordOklahoma CityWichitaLamontEnidCaldwellWinfieldHutchinsonPond CreekDeer Creek
1
Medford12.1 mi away
16%7
2
Oklahoma City92.6 mi away
14%6
3
Wichita, KS61.7 mi away
9%4
4
Lamont8.3 mi away
7%3
5
Enid33.8 mi away
5%2
6
Caldwell, KS16.5 mi away
2%1
7
Winfield, KS42.4 mi away
2%1
8
Hutchinson, KS89.5 mi away
2%1
9
Deer Creek (in town)right here
2%1
10
Pond Creek18.4 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
39%17

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

How far

How far Deer Creek commutes

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

16%Under 10 mi
30%10–24 mi
14%25–50 mi
41%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Deer Creek is a job hub

2.05jobs per working resident
A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Deer Creek are

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

Jobs based in Deer Creek

90 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)96%
Trade, transport & utilities1%
Services (health, schools, offices…)3%
$1,250 a month or less10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month6%
Over $3,333 a month84%

Jobs Deer Creek residents hold

44 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)23%
Trade, transport & utilities27%
Services (health, schools, offices…)50%
$1,250 a month or less20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month50%
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.

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