Work & commute · Forest Park

Work & commute in Forest Park, OK

Most working residents leave Forest Park for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (68%), Midwest City (5%) and Edmond (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 407 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 402 Forest Park residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 102 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Forest Park.

402live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

102work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Forest Park goes to work

Oklahoma City4.8 mi away

68%276

Midwest City5.4 mi away

5%22

Edmond11.5 mi away

4%17

Norman19.5 mi away

2%9

Tulsa96.5 mi away

2%9

Forest Park (in town)right here

1%5

Del City4.3 mi away

1%5

Stillwater47.8 mi away

1%4

Langston30.6 mi away

1%3

Warr Acres9.7 mi away

0%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

14%55

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

How far

How far Forest Park commutes

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

65%

23%

10%

65%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Forest Park is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Forest Park are

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

Jobs based in Forest Park

107 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Forest Park residents hold

407 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−10%

Jobs based in Forest Park, 2013 → 2023: 119 → 107. 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.