Work & commute · Guthrie

Work & commute in Guthrie, OK

About one in 4 of Guthrie’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (35%), Edmond (9%) and Stillwater (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

1,017 of 4,402 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 3,385 Guthrie residents head out of town to work, 1,017 work right here, and 4,104 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Guthrie.

3,385live here, work elsewhere

1,017live and work here

4,104work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Guthrie goes to work

Oklahoma City28.9 mi away

35%1,544

Guthrie (in town)right here

23%1,017

Edmond14 mi away

9%376

Stillwater25.7 mi away

3%143

Tulsa86 mi away

3%122

Norman44.1 mi away

2%92

The Village22.7 mi away

1%43

Shawnee43.3 mi away

1%39

Moore38 mi away

1%37

Midwest City28.9 mi away

1%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%953

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

How far

How far Guthrie commutes

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

26%

28%

33%

13%

26%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Guthrie is balanced between jobs and homes

1.16jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.16 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Guthrie are

5,121 jobs are based in Guthrie. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Guthrie’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Guthrie

5,121 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Guthrie residents hold

4,402 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+29%

Jobs based in Guthrie, 2013 → 2023: 3,985 → 5,121. 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.