Work & commute · Fletcher

Work & commute in Fletcher, OK

Most working residents leave Fletcher for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Lawton (30%), Oklahoma City (14%) and Elgin (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 401 working residents

Typical commute

20 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 388 Fletcher residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 87 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fletcher.

388live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

87work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fletcher goes to work

Lawton17.9 mi away

30%122

Oklahoma City60.2 mi away

14%55

Elgin4.5 mi away

4%15

Fletcher (in town)right here

3%13

Duncan28.2 mi away

3%12

Chickasha22 mi away

2%8

Tulsa159 mi away

2%8

Marlow20.5 mi away

2%7

Medicine Park15.5 mi away

1%5

Anadarko16.7 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%151

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

How far

How far Fletcher commutes

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

17%

42%

36%

17%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fletcher is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fletcher are

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

Jobs based in Fletcher

100 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Fletcher residents hold

401 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−80%

Jobs based in Fletcher, 2013 → 2023: 512 → 100. 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.