Work & commute · Garber

Work & commute in Garber, OK

Most working residents leave Garber for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Enid (47%), Oklahoma City (7%) and Perry (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 269 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 265 Garber residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 173 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Garber.

265live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

173work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Garber goes to work

Enid16.2 mi away

47%126

Oklahoma City67.1 mi away

7%20

Perry18.6 mi away

4%10

North Enid15.7 mi away

3%9

Stillwater35.2 mi away

3%9

Tulsa95.9 mi away

3%9

Ponca City34.7 mi away

2%5

Kremlin15.9 mi away

1%4

Garber (in town)right here

1%4

Norman83.7 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%69

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

How far

How far Garber commutes

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

62%

11%

24%

4%Under 10 mi

62%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Garber is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Garber are

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

Jobs based in Garber

177 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Garber residents hold

269 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

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Jobs based in Garber, 2013 → 2023: 177 → 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.