Work & commute · Granite

Work & commute in Granite, OK

Most working residents leave Granite for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (13%), Altus (13%) and Mangum (6%). Half commute less than 54 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

38 of 315 working residents

Typical commute

54 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 277 Granite residents head out of town to work, 38 work right here, and 192 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Granite.

277live here, work elsewhere

38live and work here

192work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Granite goes to work

Oklahoma City110.6 mi away

13%42

Altus20.6 mi away

13%40

Granite (in town)right here

12%38

Mangum9.2 mi away

6%20

Elk City30.5 mi away

4%12

Lawton58.5 mi away

3%9

Hobart16.7 mi away

2%7

Weatherford56 mi away

2%7

Chickasha80.7 mi away

2%6

Duncan86.3 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%128

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

How far

How far Granite commutes

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

20%

18%

11%

52%

20%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

52%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Granite is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Granite are

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

Jobs based in Granite

230 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Granite residents hold

315 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−7%

Jobs based in Granite, 2013 → 2023: 247 → 230. 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.