Work & commute · Drumright

Work & commute in Drumright, OK

Most working residents leave Drumright for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Tulsa (12%), Oklahoma City (10%) and Cushing (8%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

178 of 1,093 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 915 Drumright residents head out of town to work, 178 work right here, and 724 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Drumright.

915live here, work elsewhere

178live and work here

724work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Drumright goes to work

Drumright (in town)right here

16%178

Tulsa40 mi away

12%133

Oklahoma City62.8 mi away

10%107

Cushing9.2 mi away

8%83

Stillwater28.4 mi away

4%44

Broken Arrow45.5 mi away

2%20

Stroud15.6 mi away

2%19

Sand Springs28.1 mi away

2%17

Sapulpa26.5 mi away

1%16

Bristow15.7 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%465

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

How far

How far Drumright commutes

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

31%

11%

32%

26%

31%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Drumright is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Drumright are

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

Jobs based in Drumright

902 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Drumright residents hold

1,093 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−39%

Jobs based in Drumright, 2013 → 2023: 1,473 → 902. 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.