Work & commute · Geary

Work & commute in Geary, OK

Most working residents leave Geary for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (16%), El Reno (9%) and Weatherford (5%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29 of 442 working residents

Typical commute

39 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 413 Geary residents head out of town to work, 29 work right here, and 216 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Geary.

413live here, work elsewhere

29live and work here

216work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Geary goes to work

Oklahoma City46.7 mi away

16%69

El Reno21 mi away

9%39

Geary (in town)right here

7%29

Weatherford21.8 mi away

5%21

Hydro16 mi away

5%20

Hinton9.4 mi away

4%18

Tulsa139.4 mi away

2%8

Amarillo, TX200.1 mi away

2%7

Wichita, KS151.6 mi away

1%6

Okeene33.2 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%219

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

How far

How far Geary commutes

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

11%

28%

32%

29%

11%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Geary is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Geary are

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

Jobs based in Geary

245 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Geary residents hold

442 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−18%

Jobs based in Geary, 2013 → 2023: 299 → 245. 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.