Work & commute · Del

Work & commute in Del, OK

Most working residents leave Del for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (61%), Midwest City (6%) and Norman (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

358 of 8,605 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 8,247 Del residents head out of town to work, 358 work right here, and 3,620 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Del.

8,247live here, work elsewhere

358live and work here

3,620work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Del goes to work

Oklahoma City4.3 mi away

61%5,245

Midwest City3.8 mi away

6%527

Norman15.3 mi away

4%380

Del City (in town)right here

4%358

Tulsa98.2 mi away

3%278

Edmond15.7 mi away

3%234

Moore8.5 mi away

2%213

Yukon18.9 mi away

1%60

Stillwater51.5 mi away

1%60

Warr Acres11.3 mi away

1%49

Everywhere elseother towns and states

14%1,201

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

How far

How far Del commutes

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

58%

29%

11%

58%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Del is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Del are

3,978 jobs are based in Del. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Del’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Del

3,978 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Del residents hold

8,605 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−10%

Jobs based in Del, 2013 → 2023: 4,423 → 3,978. 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.