Work & commute · Erick

Work & commute in Erick, OK

Most working residents leave Erick for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Elk City (11%), Sayre (8%) and Sweetwater (6%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

50 of 264 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 214 Erick residents head out of town to work, 50 work right here, and 127 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Erick.

214live here, work elsewhere

50live and work here

127work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Erick goes to work

Erick (in town)right here

19%50

Elk City27.6 mi away

11%29

Sayre14.7 mi away

8%21

Sweetwater14.1 mi away

6%15

Oklahoma City133.9 mi away

5%13

Lawton91.8 mi away

3%9

Clinton54.5 mi away

2%5

Shamrock, TX21.3 mi away

2%5

Altus49.9 mi away

2%4

Shawnee164.6 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%109

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

How far

How far Erick commutes

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

21%

17%

23%

39%

21%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Erick is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Erick are

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

Jobs based in Erick

177 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Erick residents hold

264 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−42%

Jobs based in Erick, 2013 → 2023: 306 → 177. 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.