Work & commute · Enid

Work & commute in Enid, OK

57% of Enid’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (10%), Tulsa (3%) and Stillwater (2%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

57%

10,830 of 18,922 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 8,092 Enid residents head out of town to work, 10,830 work right here, and 8,472 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Enid.

8,092live here, work elsewhere

10,830live and work here

8,472work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Enid goes to work

Enid (in town)right here

57%10,830

Oklahoma City67.9 mi away

10%1,839

Tulsa111.3 mi away

3%534

Stillwater48.2 mi away

2%375

Ponca City49.6 mi away

2%319

Edmond56.7 mi away

1%169

North Enid2.7 mi away

1%168

Hennessey20.9 mi away

1%148

Norman85.8 mi away

1%143

Bartlesville109 mi away

1%137

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%4,260

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

How far

How far Enid commutes

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

61%

30%

61%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Enid is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Enid are

19,302 jobs are based in Enid. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Enid’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Enid

19,302 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Enid residents hold

18,922 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−8%

Jobs based in Enid, 2013 → 2023: 20,999 → 19,302. 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.