Work & commute · Frederick

Work & commute in Frederick, OK

About one in 3 of Frederick’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lawton (11%), Oklahoma City (7%) and Vernon (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37%

510 of 1,389 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 879 Frederick residents head out of town to work, 510 work right here, and 379 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Frederick.

879live here, work elsewhere

510live and work here

379work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Frederick goes to work

Frederick (in town)right here

37%510

Lawton37.2 mi away

11%152

Oklahoma City113.7 mi away

7%97

Vernon, TX22.7 mi away

4%55

Altus28 mi away

3%47

Wichita Falls, TX40.5 mi away

2%30

Tulsa213.1 mi away

1%18

Ardmore106.5 mi away

1%16

Hobart47 mi away

1%10

Burns Flat70.2 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%445

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

How far

How far Frederick commutes

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

43%

19%

30%

43%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Frederick is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Frederick are

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

Jobs based in Frederick

889 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Frederick residents hold

1,389 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+6%

Jobs based in Frederick, 2013 → 2023: 836 → 889. 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.