Work & commute · Goodwell

Work & commute in Goodwell, OK

Most working residents leave Goodwell for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Guymon (32%), Hardesty (3%) and Altus (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

27 of 207 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 180 Goodwell residents head out of town to work, 27 work right here, and 351 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Goodwell.

180live here, work elsewhere

27live and work here

351work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Goodwell goes to work

Guymon10.4 mi away

32%67

Goodwell (in town)right here

13%27

Hardesty23.8 mi away

3%6

Altus186.5 mi away

3%6

Liberal, KS49.5 mi away

2%4

Boise City50.1 mi away

2%4

Oklahoma City242.4 mi away

2%4

Amarillo, TX97.1 mi away

2%4

Hooker29.1 mi away

1%3

Stillwater255 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%80

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

How far

How far Goodwell commutes

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

17%

44%

33%

17%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Goodwell is a job hub

1.83jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Goodwell are

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

Jobs based in Goodwell

378 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Goodwell residents hold

207 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−46%

Jobs based in Goodwell, 2013 → 2023: 700 → 378. 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.